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cdrw/dvd drive going MIA

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  • 15-12-2005 11:51pm
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    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    This has happened to me a few times now, more in the last week than ever.
    Basically, my Laptop sometimes doesn't recognise that there is a cdrw/dvd drive there at all. It's not external, it's built in, so I can't figure out where the problem is.
    There is power going to the drive as it opens, closes and I can hear it reading the discs (and the led goes on when it does). It just doesn't show up in my computer, or anywhere else (so if I try to play a cd in iTunes, it won't realise there's one there).
    Restarting the computer usually solves the problem, until the next time.

    Anyone know what the issue could be? It's a HP compaq, win xp pro.

    Thanks


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    daywalker
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭daywalker


    Have you tried getting the latest chipset drivers off the HP website?
    Does the drive boot on cd, if it does then it is an issue with the driver for the drive controller in windows, you might have to do a windows reinstall to fix it if there are no updated chipset drivers, or the new ones dont help.


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    @flogen

    Is the cd/rw drive a new addition to laptop recently?


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    #4
    atilladehun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭atilladehun


    Some thing similar used to happen to my desktop.for no good reason part of the cable had began to move away fron the connection plug. do you get me? I just had to replace the cable. harder to do on a laptop, worse if you check it and its not the problem.


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