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  1. April 29th, 2004, 11:53 AM #1
    palathuruthil
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    Question dell inspiron 3000 does not detect Liteon CD RW/DVD Combo Drive

    The following is my system specification.

    1997 Dell Inspiron 3000
    Pentium MMX
    144 MB Ram
    4GB HDD
    It has a Removable CD Drive and comes with an externally attached floppy drive.

    Operating System: Windows 2000, Service Pack 4.

    I purchased Liteon SlimType Combo DVD/CD RW with the following specification.

    24X/12X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM LSC-24081MX External Slim Combo Drive - USB 2.0 / 1.1

    Please note that the laptop does not have a USB port.
    I have to use a USB to PS2 Adaptor to connect a USB Device.
    However that does not seem to be a problem as I had no issue connecting and using a Microsoft USB Mouse.


    The Problem
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    I connected the Combo DVD/CD RW to the laptop and started my system.
    However Windows 2000 fails to detect it.
    No extra drive appears in my computer.

    I installed the Nero ver 5.0 CD Burning software but it fails to detect the device.The only device it detects in its display panel is the default Image Recorder.

    I found out that this device requires USB Mass Storage Device Driver which is bundled with Win2k
    http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/liteon-24081/

    However as per this article....
    http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;265002

    Windows 2000 and Windows 98 do not support multiple logical unit number (LUN) universal serial bus (USB) storage devices

    Could this be the problem ?


    feedback appreciated.
    Thanks in advance
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  2. April 29th, 2004, 03:36 PM #2
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    Welcome to Windrivers palathuruthil

    I am sorry but there is no way that will work. A usb mouse WILL function as a ps2 device as it is made that way. A CD writer will not.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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  3. April 29th, 2004, 04:45 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    Welcome to Windrivers palathuruthil

    I am sorry but there is no way that will work. A usb mouse WILL function as a ps2 device as it is made that way. A CD writer will not.

    err...ok..
    is there a solution to this problem ?
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  4. April 29th, 2004, 05:01 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by palathuruthil
    err...ok..
    is there a solution to this problem ?

    The convertor you are using converts the USB mouse to work via ps2, it's not converting the ps2 on your laptop to USB. So other than getting a different laptop ur kinda screwed.
    WWBRD?
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