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Dell Laptop

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goreyhill

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Sep 10, 2002
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Hi I have a Dell Laptop. When I insert a cd it will auto play but when I want to open a cd, the drive logo does not appear. I also have a external cd drive which plugs in through the par port and that doesnt show up either. Any one any ideas?
 
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Make sure that the BIOS sees the CD-ROM drives - although if it's running through Autoplay, then it's most likely going to show up.

Also, you might want to hit the Device Manager, and uninstall/re-install one drive at a time.

Hope that helps.
 
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Try upgrading the ASPI drivers. This link contains various tips, diagnostic checks, and a much easier installation of ASPI than the Adaptec site:
 
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