My cdrom will not work. No lights or opening. Any suggestions as to where to start looking?

Question

Also it doesn't show up on "my computer" where the "c" drive and floppy are located at.

Answer 1

check the power to the cdrom, if the power cable is loose, then tighten it and check again.

if that one does not work fine, then the problem might be in the cable. replace the ide cable and see if that works,

if not, get a new cdrom .. replace the old one..
if that one works fine. then your old cdrom was blown.

if the new cd rom also does not work then probably there is something wrong with ur motherboard.

take it to a pro.

Answer 2

This means that either the power connector to the drive has become disconnected or that the drive has died.

I had the same thing happen to the CD-ROM drive on one of my Dell machines. It suddenly just stopped working at all. I checked and found that it was still connected to the power supply. I even used a different power lead to make sure the original one wasn't faulty. Still nothing.

After that, I took the drive out and replaced it with a different drive. The replacement drive worked fine.

Good luck!

Annorax64

Answer 3

Open your PC and make sure that the power cable for the CD drive is plugged in securely.

Answer 4

check the cables jiggle them if that dont work try it in another computer. If it still doesnt work time to upgrade you can upgrade to a combo drive cd dvd, a cd burner, i preferr having 2 a cd burner and a dvd burner

Answer 5

If you are not seeing your CD rom drive that means it is not connected properly or not connected at all or you have a faulty cable or the drive is no good.

Answer 6

Unplug your machine, take the cover off, unplug and replug the cable. Reseat the cdrom as well.

Or it may be dead.

Answer 7

look at the power connections

Answer 8

start then settings then control panel then add/remove hardware then add troubleshoot a device might help