my cd drive just stopped reading help

fullmetal16 · 12-17-2005, 07:14 PM

i just got a new computer and my cd drive didnt work so i thought it was just faulty so i put in a cd drive from another computer and it worked fine at first until i booted again. now neither will read cds and plus when i tried to put in my old one it wont boot right so i have to go into safe mode. help!!!

diduknowthat · 12-17-2005, 10:24 PM

are the jumpers set correctly? If your computer has 2 CD drives on 1 IDE cable then one has to be set to master and the other to slave.

fullmetal16 · 12-18-2005, 05:21 AM

no theres only one cd drive and ive checked the jumpers ive tried it both at cable select and master. it worked for a lil bit b4 it quit.

**Praetor** · 12-27-2005, 03:03 AM

1. If you need something so that the system can boot, try using that OTHER cd drive in this machine for the time being
2. What are the system specs including the make and model of the cd drives?

12-17-2005, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
fullmetal16 New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 9	my cd drive just stopped reading help i just got a new computer and my cd drive didnt work so i thought it was just faulty so i put in a cd drive from another computer and it worked fine at first until i booted again. now neither will read cds and plus when i tried to put in my old one it wont boot right so i have to go into safe mode. help!!!

12-17-2005, 10:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,633	are the jumpers set correctly? If your computer has 2 CD drives on 1 IDE cable then one has to be set to master and the other to slave. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

12-27-2005, 03:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	1. If you need something so that the system can boot, try using that OTHER cd drive in this machine for the time being 2. What are the system specs including the make and model of the cd drives? __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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12-18-2005, 05:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
fullmetal16 New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 9	no theres only one cd drive and ive checked the jumpers ive tried it both at cable select and master. it worked for a lil bit b4 it quit.