Working on a old dell 4100
i have tried installing 3 differant cd roms all older and working
It tells me the drivers are corrupt.(on three seperate cd roms?)
i have changed the cable i have tried them all with setting of master and than again as cable select it is on the secondary
i have switched the hard drive and cable to the secondary it still is the same
i never do get a drive letter for any of the cd rom
i am out of ideas
2007-04-28 15:07:16 · 5 answers · asked by I AM BACK 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
i have all the correct and new drivers so that is not it..
i do not understand what you are talking about with adaptec
2007-04-28 15:14:42 · update #1
i am only using 1 cd rom for installation
2007-04-28 15:16:09 · update #2
i used good ram from another system already
2007-04-28 15:16:40 · update #3
i have had the machine up all day no freezes errors or any problems ....
2007-04-28 15:17:43 · update #4
the cd rom is detected in bios and it shows up in hardware properties as a bad driver problem but no drive letter assighned
2007-04-28 16:23:07 · update #5
did you check the BIOS if the CD drive is detected? if not, then check the master/slave select jumper at the back of the cd drive is set to SLAVE.
2007-04-28 15:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by James H. Wadd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think your RAM is going bad. Any other error message, freezing etc? I would advise downloading an iso of memtest86+ and running it over night but you need to boot from a CD drive and your's isn't working! Could you put the RAM in another box and see if it develops problems? Doesn't sound like 3 bad CD drives, know what I mean? Good luck.
2007-04-28 22:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to make sure if your using 2 CD-Roms, that one of them is set to MASTER and the other is set to SLAVE.
If both are set to the same thing they will not work because they are working against each other. Just make sure one is set to master and the other is set to slave. It will solve all your problems.
2007-04-28 22:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by jman2603 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going to the manufactorer's website and dlownloading new drivers.
2007-04-28 22:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by tw0cl0n3m3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have Adaptec software ? this normally cause the filters to die, search for Adaptec upper and lower filter for a cure.
2007-04-28 22:11:29 · answer #5 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋