One of my computers has a CD drive that will not work the way it should... I beleive it is a new 52x cd drive and it doesn't have any writing capabilities... I recently installed XP on my computer and when I did that... the drive wa working fine... But now for some reason... It won't read... The computer recognizes it's there but is not receiving any information that there is a disk in the drive... Please DO NOT RESPOND WITH ANYTHING THAT SAYS OR REALTES TO 'check the cables or connections or is everything hooked up right or the right drivers' or some crap like that... Yes i've checked the wires and the cables and the connections... I just would like to hear some reasons that might be the cause of this...
2006-06-21 20:21:35 · 5 answers · asked by Shadow 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The cd drives are usually plug and play type.You dont have to install special software to do the reading part.In case the computer respond to the drive you can see the drive's icon on the my computer screen.
YOu just got to get your gizmo repaired if you dont get it to work even after trouble shooting it.also try going to the control panel and searching for drives and usb gadjets attached to your pc.all the best.
2006-06-21 20:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by karthikeyan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like it is on a oldier computer you might just have to replace it most cd drives they sell now how writing capabilities there are a lot out there that are fairly cheap when u put xp on your system it most likely could not find the drivers to make you cd drive work that is another option go on line and down load the drivers for it best of luck with this i hope i was some help
2006-06-22 03:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by white_wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if u have checked all of that there is nothing left than to suggest to take it back and get it replaced.
best way to check a cdrom drive, is boot in a bootable cd, eg windows etc and make sure the bios sequence is set for cd first, and if that works then its a problem on windows.
or if it fails then rtv the cd drive
2006-06-22 03:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK UR DRIVES LENCES ARE GONE
2006-06-22 03:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by amits_108 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you enable DMA?
2006-06-22 03:25:17 · answer #5 · answered by hpgallard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋