I have a similar problem: it is the same drive (HL-DT-ST rw/dvd GCC-4240N) on a Compaq notebook Presario 904EA. The drive used to work fine but after an installation of other drivers, the function to read Music CDs and regular CD-ROMs stopped. It can read only CDs written with Roxio`s Direct CD. I would assume that I can correct it with the right drivers but I do not find them for the hell of it. Have been to Compaq, Hitachi, driver support sites and whatever.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

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Does anyone know if the Dell v112 firmware upgrade for this drive can be modified to be used in a Compaq? Thx.

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I'm not sure whether it will works on compaq system or not... mabe one of you guys take the risk and give it a try.. then upload your result of the experiment here hehehehehe... anyway.. if i'm not mistaken... the firmware numbering for dell is different than the other..

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Originally posted by Brotherjoe

I'm not sure whether it will works on compaq system or not... mabe one of you guys take the risk and give it a try.. then upload your result of the experiment here hehehehehe... anyway.. if i'm not mistaken... the firmware numbering for dell is different than the other..

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Has anyone tried to use Dell's v112 upgrade on a Compaq Laptop yet[?]
Thanks,
Al [:0]

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alx2003... serials for commercial application like Nero? [V]

Uh, oh... you'd better edit your post and take those away!

You're gonna hear some harsh word from mods... or from CCampbell - Depending who sees your post first. In future, try to keep your post in the legal side of the line and stay away from The Dark Side.

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Originally posted by Cooler

alx2003... serials for commercial application like Nero? [V]

Uh, oh... you'd better edit your post and take those away!

You're gonna hear some harsh word from mods... or from CCampbell - Depending who sees your post first. In future, try to keep your post in the legal side of the line and stay away from The Dark Side.

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Done,
al [}:)]

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Good! Thank you... [^]

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Does anyone have problems reading DVD+RW disc's? Any news on an update for this drive?

Thanks

Webxican

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Originally posted by webxican

Does anyone have problems reading DVD+RW disc's? Any news on an update for this drive?
Thanks
Webxican

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I personally have never tried to read DVD-RW's on mine. I don't have a DVD-RW burner so no need for me to have a DVD-RW CD, and of course the 'HL-DT-ST rw/dvd GCC-4240N' isn't a DVD writer however, one should be able to use it to at least read a DVD-RW.
Sorry I personally can't help you any further,
Al

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Hi,
I've just gotten this drive for my dell and I'm wondering if any of you know how I can check what firmware version I have. So far it's been working fine with Nero and I've burnt at 16x. I actually stumbled onto this forum while searching for the drivers for this so that windows XP will show it as a DVD/CDRW combo drive rather than just CD drive in the "My Computer" screen.

-totallyNew

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To alx2003... hey sorry.. i din check my mail lately...

The firmware e122 you requested.. you can get it from this url
ftp://ftp1.ap.dell.com/rmsd/BR57492.exe

Floppy Disk Boot to Disk for BR57492.exe

Download
1. Click Download Now, to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click Yes, I Accept this Agreement.
3. When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
4. From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
5. If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Hard Drive Floppy Disk Creation
1. Get 1 blank, formatted floppy disks.
2. Double-click the new icon (it looks like a floppy diskette) on
the desktop. The Self-Extractor window appears.
3. Click Setup. An black MS-DOS window appears with a message
indicating that you need 1 floppy diskettes.
4. Press the [ENTER] key.
A message appears prompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette. Insert
a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
5. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears indicating that all
data on the disk will be erased.
6. Press the [y] key and then press the [ENTER] key.
The files are copied to the floppy diskette. If the procedure requires
more than one diskette, repeat steps 4 – 6 until you reach the end of the
diskette set.
7. After all the files have been copied to the last floppy disk,
press the [ENTER] key and the MS-DOS window closes.

Install
1. Insert the first (or the only) disk of the set into the Floppy
drive.
2. Click Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK.
Windows XP Users need only click restart.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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what if you don't have a floppy drive on your labtop? what driver or firmware can you download so windows xp will regonize the combo drive as one instead of just a cd drive?

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This firmware update will only work for a Dell Notebook and not for A Compaq Presario 907AE notebook.
I Tried but it didn't work [:(!][:(!][V]

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Originally posted by darkdemon

This firmware update will only work for a Dell Notebook and not for A Compaq Presario 907AE notebook.
I Tried but it didn't work [:(!][:(!][V]

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Too bad, I'm tired of burning at 10x instead of 16x or up to 24x as this drive is rated at. [V]
I haven't tried to run the update for fear it would wreck the drive.
Al

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I have a Compaq 2140US with the GCC-4240N and never found an upgrade for the firmware, but I did find a solution to make it burn at 24x;

1) Goto "Device Manager" and select and uninstall the Secondary IDE Channel.
2) Restart the system and let the os to auto-detect the hardware
3) If detected, you should have both options set to "PIO mode".
4) Set to "DMA if available" for both options.
5) Restart the system again

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I have a Compaq 2140US with the GCC-4240N and never found an upgrade for the firmware, but I did find a solution to make it burn at 24x;

1) Goto "Device Manager" and select and uninstall the Secondary IDE Channel.
2) Restart the system and let the os to auto-detect the hardware
3) If detected, you should have both options set to "PIO mode".
4) Set to "DMA if available" for both options.
5) Restart the system again

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