My new dell d620 will not play dvds

SOURCE: Dell Inspiron 710m PC Notebook Problem

Go to "Device Manager" and look if any yellow or red alerts are being displayed next to any devices. To access the "Device Manager" go to the 'Control Panel", "Administrative Tools", "Computer Management" and select "Device Manager" located in the left side column.
If there is an alert, double click on that device to determine the problem, i.e.… device not configured, cannot start this device, etc…
It sounds like all your software drivers got blown away or can’t load. If that’s the case, try running diagnostics. Press and hold the <Fn> key while powering the system on. This will initiate a diagnostic routine to check your hardware.


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John Marshall

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• Posted on Jun 01, 2009

SOURCE: dvd decoder error

Go to the Dell support site and enter your computer model number under the drivers and software section. Download the latest driver for the model of DVD player in your system.

SOURCE: laptop now asking for compatible dvd decoder to

use a third party player, like Nero - or pretty much any dvd player.

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SOURCE: how do i get a dvd decoder for my lattitude d600

You will need a DVD Codec to make Windows Media Player play your DVD so you can view it on your computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx

I looked around trying to find a free one but I was unsuccessful. Here is a link for some products that charge. The price of this CODEC was about $15 to $20. Here is a link to some of the companies that sell them (as well as more information about this entire subject).

http://www.updatexp.com/dvd-decoder-media-player-windows.html

Ron

SOURCE: every time i a play

Download VLC; a media player that should play anything, including DVDs, that you can throw at it.