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CD Drive won't recognise any cd's

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  • 29-12-2007 4:17pm
    #1
    ch252
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    Hi all,
    My dvd drive (E drive) wont recognise any cd's or dvd's that I put into it!:eek: It is the only optical drive on the computer, any idea's what the problem is? I'm running windows xp SP2 and its a packard bell I bought in pcworld in January of last year. I tried a lot of cd's in it to no avail, tried using command promt. Any help would be greatly appreciated, do I need to re-install the drivers? I dont have any cd for them but I'm sure I can get em off a website if I need to.

    Thanks,

    Darragh.


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    #2
    Ruu_Old
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    There shouldn't be any drivers required for a DVD/CD drive. Is there any LED flashing when you put in a CD, is it trying to read at all?


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    #3
    ch252
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    There is a green Light flashing as it always did, and it makes the usual noise of trying to read it but the computer doesnt change at all, e drive is empty according to the computer, where I had a dvd in the drive, then I put in drivers for the new printer, and now I have a flight sim cd and still no luck with it. Should I bring it back to the shop or can it be fixed by me do ye reckon? I have a good enought knowlege of how a computer operates etc...but I'm no computer technician so what would ye reccomend?

    Darragh


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
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    Is the IDE cable connected correctly?


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    ch252
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    Jays I dont know know, Ill check it out. I have ta head to a funeral now so I'll dismantle it when I get back and let y'all know!:D
    Darragh


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    ch252
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    So I checked it out, and the cable is connected, I disconnected it and reconnected it just to be sure! will I bring it back to the shop altogether? its very strange what is happening.
    Darragh


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    spurious
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    Did it ever work?

    If it did, what have you changed in the PC since it last worked?


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    ch252
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭ch252


    Yes it did, just I dont really use it that much, I use my comp for flight sims that dont need a cd and internet use. I noticed a change on startup, it would say "verifying DMI pool data............." or something like that, that could be something to do with it, as I said, I'm no expert so that really means nothing to me, and pc world are impossible to get hold of on phone for some reason today.:mad:

    Darragh


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    gamer
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    go to 2 euro shop,or tv shop,buy cd lens cleaner disk.use a very small amount of liquid on the disk brushes.follow instructions.then open cdtray.leave open,2 let liquid dry off then cdromlens,wait 10.15 mins and try to play a music cd,or mp3disk.97percent of time its the cd/dvd lens, dvdlens cleaners can be bought in appolo moore st .5euro, if its a dvdrom drive.cdcleaners cost 2euro in appollo.


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    ch252
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    I tried that and no joy Im afraid.
    The man in pcworld said reboot it byt pressing f11 and to save everything onto a cd.....not very easy seen as Thats the problem-I cant use cd's!!!! anyway, will I reboot it and save to an external hard drive? wha would you guys reccomend?

    Darragh


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    gamer
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    make sure that ide cable to dvdrom.is really tight all the way in 2 motherboard connector.ill give you a working cdrom drive for free if u want it,pm me.a new dvdrom drive is 20euro in marx pcs etc.


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    ch252
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭ch252


    Thanks a million for the offer mate, but I have a technician coming out on Friday now to fix it, its still under gaurantee thank god! by 6 days!! I'll let ye all know what was wrong when I find out.

    Thanks for all your help, everybody, your a all a very helpful bunch of people.

    Thanks again,
    Darragh


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