cd drive

[imported_nismojspec]

my cd drive doesnt setect cd's it opens and closes but doesnt detect cd's any suggestions? also if it help.....i recently took off my hardrive and put it back in!

[LT_SE7EN11]

Re: cd drive

Check your IDE cable to see if it's plugged in both to the motherboard and to the back of the cd-rom drive. It may just be loose and needs to be push in a little bit.

if that doesn't work, check to see if windows recognizes the drive. Better yet, when you first boot up go into your bios and see if your PC sees it from there. If it doesn't then it's either totally busted or the cables are not connected.

If it does see it then, your drive still may be busted. Try to swap out another one and see if it works. If that fixes your problem, then you know the drive was busted.

And if that doesn't work, I guess it could be an issue with your motherbaord. (highly doubt it, but possible)

[imported_HIV]

Re: cd drive

If the above thing does not work then there might be a software that u installed that causes trouble such as virtual drive or something similar

[imported_nismojspec]

Re: cd drive

lil problem wats the bios? i kno how to build computers, not really know how to set them up. lol sorry guys im a noob ill say it cause i kno i am, and i need help! lil thing......as sonnas i rebuilt my computer i would have to press f1 to continue on that screen before login......so today i fianlly looked at and i realized it says that i need to put in my cpu settings, by pressing delete. so i dont wanna mess it up cause alot of the settings are things i dont kno. so is that the problem? well can u help me with it eighther way cause i really dont wanna press f1 everytime i boot up my computer.

[Eternal-Souljah]

Re: cd drive

To save me explaining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

If you know how to build computers then you must know about the BIOS, you need to use the BIOS to make sure your hardware is setup corectly.

Anyway on start up hit "del" or "f8" several times until you get the blue screen (default). This is the bios check your CD ROM, its straight forward really, just make sure its being detected by the BIOS. And its set as the primary.

[imported_nismojspec]

Re: cd drive

thanks man!

ummmm.......i got to the blue screen, that wikipedia just igves history behind it not how to work it or put in cpu settings in it!

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: cd drive

To save me explaining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

If you know how to build computers then you must know about the BIOS, you need to use the BIOS to make sure your hardware is setup corectly.

Anyway on start up hit "del" or "f8" several times until you get the blue screen (default). This is the bios check your CD ROM, its straight forward really, just make sure its being detected by the BIOS. And its set as the primary.

f8 is for safemode i think..meh

and if ur drive use to work properly and doesnt anymore..its prob broken

[Papi4baby]

Re: cd drive

Did you read your motherboard manual??????

Do people now days just throw stuff together and it works??? If you take 10 minutes to browse thruh your manual you will learn alot. Try that first and then come back for any questions you might have afterwards.

[Minicoop503]

Re: cd drive

Did you read your motherboard manual??????

Do people now days just throw stuff together and it works??? If you take 10 minutes to browse thruh your manual you will learn alot. Try that first and then come back for any questions you might have afterwards.

Second that

[imported_nismojspec]

Re: cd drive

well i decided to just get a new drive!

[Minicoop503]

Re: cd drive

Its gonna be funny when the new one doesnt work either..