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Special Forums Hardware Dell XPS M1330 doesn't detect optical drive Post 303041989 by milhan on Tuesday 10th of December 2019 11:25:45 AM
Old 12-10-2019
Dell XPS M1330 doesn't detect optical drive

I have a Dell XPS M1330 laptop. The OS is Windows 10. I had to replace the motherboard because it was bad. After replacing the motherboard I noticed the optical (DVD/CD) drive is neither detected in BIOS and OS nor making any noise at all. Everything else seems to be working fine. The optical drive was working before I replaced the motherboard. So I removed the optical drive and the connector cable and cleaned the cable and the pins on the optical drive with a toothbrush and put the laptop back and booted. This time I could hear the optical drive making noise right after I boot. When I tried to insert a CD it accepted the CD and I can hear it spinning. However, the DVD/CD drive is still not listed in BIOS nor in the OS. In the BIOS, it says "none" for fixed bay device. The DVD/CD drive is not listed in the boot menu either when I press F12 to select a boot device.

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cdvdcontrol(1)						      cdvdcontrol 1.4 Manual						    cdvdcontrol(1)

NAME
cdvdcontrol - Tool to get full control on your Plextor optical device SYNOPSIS
cdvdcontrol -l cdvdcontrol [-d DEVICE] [OPTION] DESCRIPTION
pxcontrol gives you access on all features that are supported by your Plextor drive. This tool is what you want, when you use optical devices which were manufactured by Plextor. -l scan busses for all available optical devices FEATURES
cdvdcontrol supports the following features: AutoStrategy, BitSetting, DiagnoseMode, GigaRec, Hide-CDR, MediaLock, PlexEraser, PoweRec, SecuRec, SilentMode, SingleSession, Simulation, SpeedRead and VariRec. The available features depend on your drive. Take a look at http://www.plextor.com or simply read the glossar on: http://qpxtool.sourceforge.net/glossar.html to see supported features. DEVICE
can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA controller support all Plextor features. Linux: /dev/hdX: IDE device /dev/scdX: Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi emulation /dev/srX: Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device OpenBSD/NetBSD: /dev/rcdX FreeBSD: /dev/cd: SCSI device /dev/acd: ATA device MacOS X: /dev/disk: win32: C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z: AutoStrategy AutoStrategy (AS) is a Feature to determine a writing strategy for an inserted empty DVD media. Writing strategies are saved in the AutoStrategy DataBase (ASDB). This command needs a specified DEVICE. --as-mode mode select the AutoStrategy mode auto drive selects the strategy from the ASDB or from the firmware. If there is no entry available, a new one is created. forced creates a new ASDB entry, even if there is already one available in the ASDB. on an existing AS from the DB is used. If there is no entry, the strategy from the firmware is used. off only strategy from the firmware is used. If there is no entry available, the default strategy is used. --as-list view complete ASDB list. --as-on # activate ASDB entry number X (value between 1-10). --as-off # deactivate ASDB entry number X (value between 1-10). --as-del # delete ASDB entry number X (value between 1-10). --as-clear remove all ASDB entries form the ASDB. --as-create mode creates an AS database entry. Mode should be combination if [q|f] and [a|r] q quick AS creating. f full AS creating. Media is written. a AS is appended to the list in the ASDB. r AS entry replaces relying ASDB entry. --as-load # load an ASDB from a file. Experimental --as-save # save ASDB into file. For PX-755/PX-760 only! PX-755 export maybe buggy. Experimental BitSetting due to some compatibility problems of some DVD readers, it could make sense to use BitSetting, which sets the Booktype of media to DVD-ROM. This OPTION requiers a specified DEVIVE. --bitset+r mode enable / disable Bitsetting for DVD+R. on defines DVD+R as DVD-ROM media. off keeps DVD+R media as what it is. --bitset+rdl mode enable / disable Bitsetting for DVD+R DL. on define DVD+R DL media as DVD-ROM media. off keeps DVD+R DL media as what it is. DiagnoseMode are OPTIONS to detect the drive itself, the current settings and the available features. -c, --current show current status of selected DEVICE. -h, --help show help. -l, --scan search all busses and list detected drives. -s, --supported show features supported by selected DEVICE. -v show output in verbose mode. GigaRec Increase (higher value) or Decrease (lower value) the regular capacity, which can be written on CD media. Ejecting the disc results in flushing the GigaRec settings. Buffer UnderrunProof is disabled while GigaRec is active. The recording speed is limited to 4x or 8x DAO. Use cdrdao or cdrskin for writing media with GigaRec function. Otherwise if you use cdrecord your values are flushed. GigaRec settings need a specified DEVICE. --gigarec # set GigaRec to <state>, which is a value in the range of 0.6, 0.7, ..., 1.3, 1.4 or off. Hide-CDR prevents media from being detected by an application as CD-R to defeat the ATIP protection. Hide-CDR settings need a specified DEVICE. --hcdr [on|off] enable / disable Hide-CDR. on enable Hide-CDR. Defeating ATIP protection. off disable Hide-CDR. MediaLock can lock your media to prevent an accidently opening. It is always a good idea lock the drive. This OPTION needs a specified DEVICE. --lock enable lock modus. Media can not be removed. --unlock disable lock modus. Media can be removed. PlexEraser destroys the data on your CD/DVD and makes it unreadable. DEVICE needs to be specified for this command. --destruct mode WARNING: command destroys your media. quick destroy only the lead in of CD/DVD media. full destroy complete CD/DVD media. PoweRec Plextor Optimised Writing Error Reduction Control (PoweRec) should detect the optimized writing speed for your media-combination. Higher recording speeds than recommended can result in increased writing errors. PoweRec should prevent you from these errors. DEVICE needs to be specified for this command. --powerec [on|off] enable / disable PoweRec. on enable PoweRec. enabled by default. off disable PoweRec. SecuRec Creates a password protected CD-R. To access a password protected CD-R, it is necessary to enter the correct password and to specify the DEVICE --nosecurec disable SecuRec. --securec <passwd> enable SecuRec and use a given password. <passwd> must have at least four, but not more than ten characters. SilentMode Allows some speed finetuning on your drives. Lower values result in more silence. You can specify read speed and tray loading speed. DEVICE must be specified for this command. All settings will be active after reboot. ;-) pxfw /dev/hdX -r --silent [on|off] enable / disable SilentMode on enables SilentMode. This will give you access to further speed and read settings. Default is on. off disables SilentMode. --sm-access mode set access time to slow or fast. This has only an affect in combination with CD/DVD speed setting. fast enables fast access mode. Use with speed setting. slow enables slow access mode. Use with speed setting. --sm-cd-rd # set maximum read speed for CDs. Default is 32x. Select speed value from 4, 8, 24, 32, 40, 48. --sm-cd-wr # set maximum write speed for CDs. Default is 32x. Select speed value from 4, 8, 16, 32, 48. --sm-dvd-rd # set maximum read speed for DVDs. Default is 12x. Select speed value from 2, 5, 8, 12, 16. --sm-eject # set tray eject speed. Default is 0. Select speed value from 0, 1, ..., 80. --sm-load # set tray load speed. Default is 63. Select speed value from 0, 1, ... , 80. --sm-nosave do not save SilentMode settings SingleSession shows only the first session of the CD. You have to enable this feature before you insert the media. This is a useful option for copy pro- tected audio discs. DEVICE must be specified for this command. --sss mode enable / disable SingleSession. Default is off. on enable SingleSession mode for CD. off disable SingleSession mode for CD. Simulation allows DVD+R writing simulation. DEVICE must be specified for this command. --dvd-testwrite [on|off] mode enable / disable DVD+R writing simulation on enable DVD+R writing simulation mode off disable DVD+R writing simulation mode SpeedRead allows increasing the read speed. This deactivates the so called Rip Lock for Video-DVDs. You can also deativate this feature by keeping the open button of your empty DVD drive pressed for three seconds. SpeedRead can increase vibrations and read errors. DEVICE must be speci- fied for this command. --spdread mode enable / disable SpeedRead on enable SpeedRead. Disable Rip Lock. off disable SpeedRead. Set Rip Lock. VariRec allows some laser power calibration in a range from -4 to +4. The recording speed is limited to 4x or 8x on CD-R media and to 2x, 2.4x or 4x on DVD media. The recording strategy can also be changed relying on the used media dye. The writing strategies are determining and docu- menting your own strategies. You would determine the differences by selecting a stretegy and doimg a writing test. VariRec settings per- sist after a reboot. DEVICE must be specified for this command. Use cdrdao or cdrskin for writing media with VariRec function. Otherwise if you use cdrecord, your values are flushed. --varirec-cd # set VariRec power for CD writing or set it to off. Select value -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +2, +2, +3, +4 --varirec-cd-strategy mode select writing strategy for CDs depending on the used dye (Azo, Cyanine, PhtaloCyanine): select: default, azo, cya, pha, phb, phc, phd --varirec-dvd # set VariRec power value for DVD writing or set it to off. Select value -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +2, +2, +3, +4 --varirec-dvd-strategy # select a predefined DVD writing strategy. select value 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 PioQuiet Pioneer QuietMode feature. --pio-limit [on|off] turns on/off read speed limit by 24X for CD and 8X for DVD --pio-quiet mode sets Pioneer performance profile available values: quiet, perf, std quiet turn drive into silent mode perf turn drive into performance ptomized mode std reset drive to standard mode --pio-nosave don't make Pioquiet setting permanent EXAMPLES
cdvdcontrol -l list all available optical devices. cdvdcontrol -d /dev/hdc --supported show features that are supported by drive hdc. cdvdcontrol -d /dev/hda --as-create q a create a new ASDB entry for device hda and the inserted DVD media. Strategy is created quickly and appended to the already existing ASDB list. cdvdcontrol -d /dev/sr2 --gigarec 0.9 prepare CD for GigaRec 0.9 recording. Use cdrskin or cdrdao/k3b for writing process. please report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de Gennady ShultZ Kozlov 04. May, 2009 cdvdcontrol(1)
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