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CD drive not being recognized
Hey, I got this compter from a friend and it is not recognizing the CD drives.
I've tried looking on the internet for a software for it, with no luck. the drives are connected. It is just missing the software. plz help |
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Windows XP should have recognized the drives and set a driver for them. You are saying "drives" so I'm guessing there are two drives not operating. That could indicate a motherboard problem. Have you taken a look inside the case to make sure they're attached to the data and power cables?
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yes, I looked inside they are attached to the motherboard
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the power cables though... they are attached to the motherboard and something else that is hidden inside a steel case
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yea, its the power source
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I just checked it out again, everything is as it should be.
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you have 2 cd drives, with the power on do the trays open if you push the eject button? (they should whether the system recognizes them or not).
Are the drive jumpers set correctly? (ie; the master/slave/cs) are the data cables installed properly, and seated snugly? (assuming these are ide drives, the red stripe on the cable should line up with the #1 pin on the drive.) And lastly, have you checked the bios settings to see if the channel that the drives are on hasn't been disabled? |
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well, I took it apart once more, wiggled the wires, unplugged then blew air into the sockets... the CD drives were recognized when I started it back up.
Thank you for the help guys. |
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