dereksh

Ok, Sampson, I did what you said. The Device Mgr says DMA is available. I did find a BIOS update, though. Version 44F12, which came out in 2001. I've had the laptop since '99, so I'll give this a shot. (One chocolate-coated heart attack on a stick, please.) Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know how it goes.

I didn't specifically check these things. The info on the part said it was for my model, so I got it. How would I find out if my BIOS supports it and/or if I have DMA support? (What is DMA support?) Thanks.

Hi all. Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give. I just got a DVD CD-RW drive (part no. OP-270-73502) for my NEC VERSA LX notebook running W2K. It plugs in right where the old CD-ROM used to be, so there are no issues with cables or anything of that sort. The problem is this. It plays DVDs fine, audio CDs fine, reads data CDs fine. BUT, when I put in a blank CD-R to burn something, it won't recognize the CD. It sounds like the drive tries several times over the period of about a minute, then gives up. My CD burner program thinks the drive is empty, and so does W2K. Furthermore, after I try this (inserting a blank CD-R) it won't recognize ANY other DVDs or CDs I try until I reboot. And it's not a problem with the CD-R, because I tried a bunch of them with the same results. I also took one of my CD-Rs and burned stuff onto it on a friend's PC successfully. Has anyone had a problem like this? Do you think the drive is defective? It only just arrived on 8/19/2004, so I have enough time to return it. Thanks! -Derek..