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jlc0307
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_ 		30. November 2004 @ 16:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a four year old IBM thinkpad A21m, type 2628, windows 2000, Mashita DVD-ROM SR 8175, DVD play driver.

The drive reads CD's fine but when I put in a DVD, I always get a message saying "drive is not able to read DVD - no decoder". This is the original drive but I have never tried to use a DVD before.

I went to the IBM website and downloaded an upgraded driver (Metormedia), but I got a message saying that that drive is not on my computer.

Can you help me locate and download a "decoder" ?

Thanks for any assistance.
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daemonzx6
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_ 		24. December 2004 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that could mean that the drive has no firmware decoder for DVDs. I would try to flash the firmware to the newest version.
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