I recently reinstalled from clean windows 2000 on this IBM. Everything works but my cd dvd drive. I can install programs via the cd drive, but when I drive any music cds or anything else it does not work or read. When I goto my computer, the cd drive does not even register. I have a Matshita dvd rom sr-8175. I understand that I don't need to have a driver for the cd drive to work. What is wrong?? This computer has two parts, the actual laptop and then the media slice/docking station with the floppy drive and cd drive. Who can help me please??
2007-08-07 13:39:24 · 1 answers · asked by Paps 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I haven't heard of anything quite like that before.
Did it only work when you were installing Windows? Perhaps the BIOS detects the drive by Windows doesn't for some reason. It's very rare to have a CD/DVD that needs drivers. I would check your device manager and see if Windows thinks there is something wrong with your drive.
You mentioned that your music CDs don't work. Perhaps CDs are working but DVDs aren't. I have see this happen on two computers, but it was the other way around.
I would recommend seeing if there are any firmware updates. I'm not sure what else to try.
2007-08-07 14:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋