Omnibook XE4400 Laptop

[Glenn]

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Got what I believe is a faulty DVD/CDROM in this laptop, (drive is a
SD-C2612).

I would prefer to change to a DVD/CDRW but have tried a CDRW in it
(Panasonic UJDA360), not recognised by the laptop.

This brings me to my main question - how are drives jumpered (CS / Master /
Slave) in a laptop ? Is it on the mainboard, internally within the drive
????

And, has anyone changed a drive in one of these who could suggest which one
to go for ?

Can Ben help with this one?


Thanks

 

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On the seventh day, Glenn wrote...

> Got what I believe is a faulty DVD/CDROM in this laptop, (drive is a
> SD-C2612).
>
> I would prefer to change to a DVD/CDRW but have tried a CDRW in it
> (Panasonic UJDA360), not recognised by the laptop.

This brings up the question: Why?
Can you check for cabling errors? Maybe one end of the cable just isn't
plugged in? Or it's broken.

> This brings me to my main question - how are drives jumpered (CS / Master /
> Slave) in a laptop ? Is it on the mainboard, internally within the drive
> ????

AFAIK it's done via software. You get a tiny little program to flash the
drive but I lack any information regarding your specific setup.

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[Glenn]

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"Christian Dürrhauer" <cduerr@geog.fu-berlin.de> wrote in message
news:jh2i0qkpwoom.dlg@73137.user.dfncis.de...
> On the seventh day, Glenn wrote...
>
> > Got what I believe is a faulty DVD/CDROM in this laptop, (drive is a
> > SD-C2612).
> >
> > I would prefer to change to a DVD/CDRW but have tried a CDRW in it
> > (Panasonic UJDA360), not recognised by the laptop.
>
> This brings up the question: Why?
> Can you check for cabling errors? Maybe one end of the cable just isn't
> plugged in? Or it's broken.
>
> > This brings me to my main question - how are drives jumpered (CS /
Master /
> > Slave) in a laptop ? Is it on the mainboard, internally within the drive
> > ????
>
> AFAIK it's done via software. You get a tiny little program to flash the
> drive but I lack any information regarding your specific setup.
>


I have managed to swap in a Teac drive DW224E which was recognised, off to
Ebay now!!!

Glenn