cd drive won’t show up
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:48 p.m. - Subject: cd drive won’t show up |
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ok you know when you click on my computer and it has hard drive and floppy drive and stuff well my cd drive doesn’t show up there and if i stick in a disk it wont do anything. I don’t think it’s a virus because why would a virus need your cd rom drive.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:55 p.m. - Subject: |
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It sounds like your IDE cable is dead (or came disconnected).
Buy a new cable.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:55 p.m. - Subject: |
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I lol’d at the title, because I was tired.
I have absolutely no idea why this would happen. Restart.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:57 p.m. - Subject: |
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^nah, it wouldnt just fuck up, plus his hd is prbably conected by the same lead, so if it fucked up his hd would to
goto Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager
see if that shows your cd drive, if your cd drive is conected it will show there but with errors
if the lead is fucked it wont show at all, let us know how it goes
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:58 p.m. - Subject: |
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Hmm i suggest calling technical support.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:58 p.m. - Subject: |
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that was to Quote: It sounds like your IDE cable is dead (or came disconnected).
Buy a new cable. |
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:59 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: his hd is prbably conected by the same lead
No, Optical and Disk Drives would use seperate connections.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:59 p.m. - Subject: |
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Oooh Mr. Battery is a pro.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:00 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Hmm i suggest calling technical support.
never ever do that!!!
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:01 p.m. - Subject: |
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A motherboard has several IDE connections, the hard drive AND disk drive will not be connected to the same one. Especially if its a SATA Drive, then the connections are completely different. What kind of hard disk do you have?
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:02 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: No, Optical and Disk Drives would use seperate connections.
erm then explain to me why my hd and cd are conected by the same lead
Quote: Oooh Mr. Battery is a pro.
:D
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:02 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: What kind of hard disk do you have?
That was to the topic starter.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:03 p.m. - Subject: |
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Why not battery?
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:03 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: erm then explain to me why my hd and cd are conected by the same lead
They can be on the same power lead, but they can not be on the same data-transfer connection.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:04 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: They can be on the same power lead, but they can not be on the same data-transfer connection.
I DIDNT SAY THEY WAS ON THE SAME POWER LEAD, IM NOT SOME DUMB FUCK THAT DONT KNOW MY SHIT!!!
they ARE on the same data lead and they both work
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:05 p.m. - Subject: |
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Battery, I think your CD and HD are powered by linked Molex connections, not linked to the Motherboard by the same IDE cable.
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:05 p.m. - Subject: |
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why not what?
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:06 p.m. - Subject: |
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Picture please?
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:06 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Battery, I think your CD and HD are powered by linked Molex connections, not linked to the Motherboard by the same IDE cable.
im not gona argue with you any more, if thats what you think then fine, i dont give a toss
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2006 4:07 p.m. - Subject: |
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later, i cant be arsed to take my case off
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