Hi!

I am working on my niece's D610 and her optical drive is a Philips. And
it is currently having problems with any DVD with copy protection.

Is it really any DVD?

The drive itself shouldn't really care, it only relays the encrypted data
for the decoder to handle. Some of the more "interesting" approaches to DVD
copy protection (Sony's ARccOS would be one) will give a DVD decoder a
reason to head for the hills. You might try a newer decoder program?

One has to wonder why they dream this stuff up. It does *nothing* to stop
real piracy, foils "soft" piracy for only a while, and only frustrates the
legitimate customer.

I updated the firmware, but no help. I may end up replacing the drive
and I welcome any hints how to on a D610.

I'd have to think that it would come out easily, as many Latitude models
have removable drives. On some models, there is a security screw that goes
into the bottom of the machine and locks the release lever for the
drive/module so it won't come out.

William