New slot-load drive in M1530

Hey everyone,

Recently I have been having some problems with my slot-load drive (TEAC DVW-28SLC). It has been coastering a lot of DVD-DL disks lately and overall it is very slow. I have been reading that they are putting faster drives in the newer M1530's. After a long battle with XPS support, I convinced them to replace the drive. Do you think I will get one of the faster drives or will I be stuck with the same drive? I really don't use it all that much, but when I do want to use it, it is a major pain, especially when it coasters expensive DL-DVD's. Any thoughts would be really helpful.

-- Steve

 

i think you got a defective teac drive. I have the same exact one installed in my system and its really fast. The only thing i dont like about it is when you boot up the machine it makes a slight sound (kinda like its ejecting a cd.)

but if i were you id just look forward to getting a new drive and maybe (or not) getting a faster one will be the sugar on top.

 

hello
i face the same problem

can you pls tell me your current Bios of the laptop ?

 

Im running A12.

Your's is fast? Mine only burns DL-DVD's at 2.4x, which takes about 45 minutes to an hour to burn a full disk. I've been reading that they are now putting 8x DVD-DL burners in the machines.

 

im also running a12 and to burn dl-dvd's takes around 35 minutes....as for 8x dvd-dl i dont even bother since i dont burn dl dvd that often.

 

did u make update bios ??

if yes tell me the perviuos one

 

the a12 bios can be found here

 

i mean : do u updated the bios ?

 

the dvd drive?? no it is how it came from dell

 

Can you be more specific? I don't understand what you are asking.

 

i mean >> whn u bought the laptop >> wha was the original bios of the laptop?
do u make any update for the laptop bios ??

 

Originally it was A08.. but as I said before, BIOS updates have no effect on the performance of your dvd drive.