Hello, can anyone help with what to do if certain DVDs don't play on my Dell Inspiron 640m laptop. VCDs and some DVDs ok. Thanks! Sarah
DVD on Dell Laptop
Nov 20, 2006
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First check that you have the latest drivers, and reinstall if necessary. However... chances are the drive is bad. If you are able to disassemble it you can try cleaning the lens, but your best bet is to replace the drive. You can buy any brand drive - it doesn't have to be dell brand.
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I think you missed the fact that it is a laptop computer.
1) She doesn't need to disassemble in order to clean the lense. 2) It is unlikely that another brand drive will fit. It is even unlikely that the drive from another model dell will fit. She COULD get an external drive. She could check with dell for price of a replacement drive She could look for a junker of the same model and hope the cd drive is good.
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Have you checked the region code of both the DVD and the DVD player to see if they match? The region code of your DVD player can be accessed (and changed, but only 5 times IIRC) in the device manager under advanced settings for the drive. See: See
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Oops, I did miss that. Silly since I'm typing on an Inspiron right now.
Make sure you have the latest codecs installed
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Sarah wrote: Thank you all for your help! Sarah
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