Hey Ken. I did run WD Lifeguard Diagnostics on it and it passed. Hadn't thought about changing performance. I'll look at it. WD says it doesn't use a driver, however Windows assigns a Microsoft Driver and it's the latest. Who knows? Things do go bump in the night.
Just updated to CU, soon as I finish rummaging around I'll see if maybe it works now.
Just a thought. What burning software are you using to burn your DVD? Uninstall it and burn your DVD with some other program. Check whether the problem goes away.
The other suggestion you can try: Connect your optical drive to some other slot on your motherboard. Give a drive letter like X,Y,Z etc., so that your external drive does not come into drive letter conflicts.
Good morning jumanji. I have no idea about the software, hadn't given it a thought. It's whatever Dell uses as a PnP burner. The CU install yesterday fixed a couple of minor glitches that I had and I'm hoping the same can be said about this one. I'm going to test it out this morning and will report back. And I may open it up and try your suggestion about moving the connection on the m-board.
OK, I've been holding off on ending this one. Since Creators Update, DVD burner AND Elements External HD both work like they're supposed to.
Thanks to everyone that contributed trying to help. I do appreciate it.
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