This may be a bit late in coming but to the people who answered my question, I do not appreciate sarcasm at this level.
I asked a simple question for which I expected a simple answer, only to be beaten into submission by a bunch of idiots.
God protect the world from people like you guys.
Goodbye.
Collective reply to all your input and suggestions, Bios upgrades scare the hell out of me but I have done a few successful ones on Dell systems amd my very own MSI board.
I had no idea that the drive was a discontinued one as advised so I will have to think clearly on my next step. If I can...
I recently purchase a samsung dvd-r/rw drive for my laptop but the bios and xp do not recognise the drive.
The system camr with a dvd/cd-r/rw drive that worked fine but I need a dvd-r/rw work work purposes.
Anyone have an idea how I can get the laptop to see this device, please??
Drive model...