MR2Mike
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my cd drive and cd writer drive both seem to have uninstalled themselves lol, they arent in "my computer" on desktop, and nothing happens when a cd is put in either drive, what can i do? the pc needs formatting, but i dnt think you can format it without a working cd drive? lol PLZ HELP !
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Tom J
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try going into BIOS and checking they are still enabled
[Edited on 25-06-2005 by Ian]
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sukhwant
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tried resetting your computer, either that ur IDE cable has proberly come of of the motherboard...
[Edited on 25-06-2005 by Ian]
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Mark Petty
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Checked to see if they are both plugged in
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MR2Mike
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ive had the cover off and both cables to each drive are connected. 
[Edited on 25-06-2005 by Ian]
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Cybermonkey
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probably an IRQ problem. find out make and model of the drives and reinstall the drivers. right click on My Computer, click Properties, select hardware tab, then click device manager. if drives have a yellow question mark next to them, its most liekly a driver problem.
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Chump
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you dont normally need drivers for CD/DVD drivers.....
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MR2Mike
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in device manager, i clicked disk drives > then doule clicked on the only drive there and it sed "device not working properly" says update drivers etc, but u cnt do tht without a cd
[Edited on 25-06-2005 by Mike_Corsa]
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Cybermonkey
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just download off the net? what make and model are they?
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Chump
you dont normally need drivers for CD/DVD drivers.....
Yes you do, although XP will normally have the drivers pre-installed. however, LG DVD drives are notoriously bad at forgetting what they are.
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MR2Mike
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i dont know mate, pc is tiny, but the drives must say the make and model on the back and i dnt knw how to take em out to look
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Chump
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i build PCs day in day out and over the last year have never needed a driver for any CD/DVD drive.....
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Corsa
i dont know mate, pc is tiny, but the drives must say the make and model on the back and i dnt knw how to take em out to look
is there no manufacturer name on the front? regarding the device manager, ask it to roll-back driver, see what happens.
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MR2Mike
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when i start up the pc... it takes ages. says "detecting IDE drives" btu nothing happens, no text or anything, then pc just loads up
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MR2Mike
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it wont let me roll back driver
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Ian
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Have you had the lid off yet - this sounds like a physical problem with the wires.
An OS won't just lose drivers.
Also it should see IDE devices as your hard drive is probably IDE?
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Reepah
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Could be a BIOS issue - could try flashing it?
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Chump
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make sure the jumper pins on the back of the drives are set right. One should be set to MASTER the other SLAVE.
You could always try to take one of the drives out (ensuring that the remaining drive is set to MASTER) to try and identify if one of the drives is knackered.
If it was me i'd work through it logically - testing each drive individually, testing different IDE cables etc etc
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MR2Mike
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ian ive had lid off, wires are connected tight to the drives. but you cant see where they connect to motherboard.
wats flashing?
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Chump
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if they've worked before there is no need to flash the bios....
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Cybermonkey
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reepah that sounds a bit too extreme. if it was working before, there is most probably a work-around. flashing BIOS is not only tricky for novice's, but dangerous.
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MR2Mike
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cd drive and cdrw drives both arent working
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Ian
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Are both drives connected by one wire?
If so its more likely to be the motherboard end that has come loose - both drives failed at the same time.
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Cybermonkey
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mike, the wide cable that connects the drives to the computer, are they both on the same cable, and also, is there anything else connected to them? like a floppy drive or hard drive?
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Ian
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Floppy won't be on there...
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