In general, the chipset available on the laptop supports i7 processor, but Inspiron 1564 was tested only on i3 and i5 processors. Components like heat-sink, fan and few other components will not be compatible and that might be the reason why the system is not working.

There are a couple of steps I would suggest you to try. -- Run Microsoft fix it. Please refer to the following link to run the Microsoft fix it. http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/ -- Run the 32-bit diagnostics on the dvd drive.

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