My husband (MR. KNOW-IT-ALL) recently installed a DVD?RW drive in our CPU, he took the old CD/DVD drive out and put the new one in its place and put the old CD/DVD drive in a slot below it. Now whenever we turn the computer on, the old drive keeps opening and closing on its own. The only way to get it to stop is to hold it shut, no joke!
Also the new DVD/RW drive has a tendency to crash every now and then.
Could anyone tell me what could be causing this and how to fix it. Thanks very much.
2006-06-26 06:27:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I knew someone would say to perform and exorcism, lol.
2006-06-26 08:41:33 · update #1
Did he set the jumpers on the drives to master and slave? You might want to check on that. Also look into your cmos settings when you bring the computer up and see if it shows both drives recognized. Good Luck, it will be easily resolved.
2006-06-26 06:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by toto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello give this a try..
Remove and reinstall the drive name in Device Manager:
In Windows XP, select Properties, click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button.
In Windows 98 and Me, select Properties, and click the Device Manager tab.
Click the plus sign (+) next to DVD/CD-ROM Drives (or similar) category.
Close the Properties window and select the CD Drive name.
Click the Uninstall or Remove button (in Windows XP this is the square button with a red X).
Click Yes or OK to remove the CD or DVD listing. Do not restart the computer.
Close Device Manager and restart the computer.
Use the CD or DVD drive that was used when the error appeared. If the error no longer appears, you are done. If the error re-appears, continue to the next step.
Replace or swap the IDE cables. Work on a hard flat surface over a non-carpeted floor.
Turn the computer off, unplug the power cord, then press the Power button on the front of the computer.
Open the left-side panel (or entire cover).
Remove both the ribbon cable (the IDE cable) and the power cable from the back of the drive.
Remove the ribbon cable from the connector on the motherboard. Be careful to not dislodge other ribbon cables.
Replace the IDE ribbon cable from the back of the drive with a different cable.
Replace the cover and plug in the power cord. Turn the PC on.
2006-06-26 13:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something is wrong with the power structure of your PC.
In regards to your CD drive opening and closing on its own, I'd first look to make sure no button is stuck. This could be a result of power fluxuation causing the drive to malfunction (which would elude to your DVD drive crashing).
In odd cases like this, it would probably be best to bring your PC into a shop and have a professional test it out and run some diagnostics testing on it.
Then again, scan for viruses too. Many backdoor admin programs do control CD Drives opening and closing without user interaction as well. And make sure your new DVD drive has the proper drivers installed.
2006-06-26 13:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by The 3rd Nipple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...U'r husband was trying to create a master slave environment by hooking up 2 cd/dvd players...I think U got an IRQ issue. What you should do is just unhook the old cd/dvd player and update the drivers for the new DVD/RW. Make sure that the jumpers are set properly to work as a master unit. Tell U'r hubby that he can still burn DVD/CD using just one drive.
Good luck on both, Hubby and the computer issue.
2006-06-26 13:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by FORD on FIRE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey, if u don't want to mess with jumpers,
take out both ur drives,
uninstall the drivers
put the CD-RW drive back to its original place....
then put the DVD-RW drive in the slot below it....
then switch on the computer(i hope u r switching the drives with the computer turned OFF)
then if u hv knowledge to browse the CMOS, check if the CD-RW drive is the master and the dvd-rw the slave....
this shud fix the problem without the need to change the jumpers.....
always remember, hardware has to be attached on a first-come-first-serve basis. never ADD a new hardware in place of the old hardware and attach the old hardware in another slot........always attach new hardware in another slot without disturbing the old one (unless u want to REPLACE the hardware)
hope the method works
2006-06-26 14:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by thetopcyborg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change one drive to master and the other to slave. This is locate in the back of each drive. Its a couple of pins that look like ::::: This is probably the problem and it is the easiest fix. try it first instead of any thing else.
2006-06-26 13:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by Question? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be your jumper settings on the drives. But I would also remove all the drivers for those two drives, remove them from your hardware list and reinstall the drivers (the system will automatically do that if you restart it after removing the drivers)
2006-06-26 13:33:35 · answer #7 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maddy your know it all has done it all, make sure the jumper configuration of the CD/DVD burners are alright. If that does not solve either discard the CD/DVD burner. You know to get something right you have to lose something and thanks it is not the motherboard/hdd and above all the processor.
2006-06-26 14:11:36 · answer #8 · answered by Prosenjit B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take out both drive and check whether is master or slave
by putting the cap behind can determind it
computer confuse when there are 2 master or 2 slaves
2006-06-26 13:32:52 · answer #9 · answered by maxclark153 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds as if he hooked up something wrong. U may need to take to Comp shop and let them wokr on it, sounds like he is Tim "Toolman" Taylor work
2006-06-26 13:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by back2skewl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋