Q) What appears to be the problem? Just the RAM designation?
A) The problem is that i cant use DVD+RW disk in this drive anymore.
Q) Does the drive work? If so is this a new problem? Did it ever work?
A) Yes the drive works ive tried it on another laptop, the problem has only occured since I reinstalled XP.
Did this drive ever work on this laptop? If you are replacing the old drive what happened to it?
Thats the drive, got SP3 the old drive's lense had a whopping big scratch on it, yes this the same model as the one already in there, but not the original manufacturer's disk that I installed it with I had to buy a new one.