DELL Computer not recognizing the DVD drive. Appears to be in the BIOS
Older Dell Computer.
Purchased from Micro Center
Mfg Date 20190118
Has CD Drive not reconigized by Operating system
SATA-2
Type DVD+/-RW
Device ID PLDS DVD+/-RW DU-8A5LH
Windows 10
What do I need to change in BIOS to get drive recognized?
Answers
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Check device manager, see if it appears under the DVD/CD-Rom Drives category. If there, check if there's an error on the device. You run into issues with filter limits that'll cause the DVD driver not to load properly.
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