Cd drive being silly, shows but not works

dutchfarmer1 · 10-22-2009, 07:13 PM

My cd drive is being recognized by my computer but it does not show up in my comupter and doesn't show up when i put a cd in it.

stopped working after i got my secondary hardrive installed and working.

7angofragger · 10-22-2009, 08:12 PM

is it the only drive on the IDE channel?

**The_Other_One** · 10-22-2009, 09:40 PM

How do you know it's being recognized? Is it showing in the BIOS? Can you boot from it?

Aastii · 10-24-2009, 02:46 AM

try this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

dutchfarmer1 · 10-24-2009, 07:03 PM

I brought it in, computer store fixed for free. but now i have a much bigger problem,

thats needs to go into a new thread, dang.

Xwardos · 10-26-2009, 08:36 AM

check to see if its connected with the same ide cable as the hdd is. if so, then make sure that your cd rom is set as slave. if its on a other ide cable. it wont make any difference. also, make sure that you dont have any pins on the cd roms ide plug bent. it could be shorting out. but im just thinking out loud so its not usually the case.

to be sure if your computer is detecting your drive us the "manage" to see if its detectable. and also go to the device manager to see if your computer is detecting it.

10-22-2009, 07:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
dutchfarmer1 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 36	Cd drive being silly, shows but not works My cd drive is being recognized by my computer but it does not show up in my comupter and doesn't show up when i put a cd in it. stopped working after i got my secondary hardrive installed and working.

10-22-2009, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
7angofragger Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hohenwald, Tennessee Age: 21 Posts: 206	is it the only drive on the IDE channel? __________________ I Am A Network Technician I Drive A 2003 Dodge SRT-4 Alienware M17 Q9000/4GB DDR3/2x4850's Desktop #1 QX6700@3.66/4GB DDR2 1066/2x4870's/150GB Raptor Desktop #2 Q6750@3.8/2GB DDR2 1066/2x4770's

10-22-2009, 09:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,407	How do you know it's being recognized? Is it showing in the BIOS? Can you boot from it? __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

10-24-2009, 02:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aastii Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St Helens, UK Age: 16 Posts: 3,472	try this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 __________________ Intel E6750 @ 3.2GHz P5N-E SLI 8GB PC6400 OCZ Gold Asus 8600gt silent cooling SLI 180gb Samsung Main drive, 200GB Maxtor Backup Corsair TX850W

10-26-2009, 08:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
Xwardos Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 27 Posts: 105	check to see if its connected with the same ide cable as the hdd is. if so, then make sure that your cd rom is set as slave. if its on a other ide cable. it wont make any difference. also, make sure that you dont have any pins on the cd roms ide plug bent. it could be shorting out. but im just thinking out loud so its not usually the case. to be sure if your computer is detecting your drive us the "manage" to see if its detectable. and also go to the device manager to see if your computer is detecting it. __________________ eh-hazard

10-24-2009, 07:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
dutchfarmer1 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 36	I brought it in, computer store fixed for free. but now i have a much bigger problem, thats needs to go into a new thread, dang.

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