I can use a little help here if anyone has a minute. My 6400 Inspiron has an Optiarc AD 5540A DVD drive.
I just did a clean install on my HD switching from Vista Home to XP pro SP2. I did this because 2 of my programs I must use at work will not be compatable with Vista for some time. All went well, the only problem I have is the DVD does not work and comes up with a message stating that there is no decoder available. The CD option does operate. Does this mean I have to Flash my DVD drive or just get the software? Evidently it is NOT in SP2. For that matter is this “flash” the drive software and is it also the decoder? Dell is at a loss as they had a hard time just believing I had the 5540A drive let alone know what the machine needs.
I’m no computer expert for sure so I dont know if there is a difference between the flash, the software and the decoder.
Any help appreciated.