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Name: Andrew
Date: January 4, 2005 at 16:53:33 Pacific
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:

Greetings from England!

See article bfeller 29/10/04

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from response number 1 to 10.Both primary & secondary IDE controllers show (!) in device Manager.
When I update drivers it gets no better.Even reinstalling both CD roms .Windows searches for divers for new hardware and just keep putting in drivers from previous.They still have (!) in Device Manager.

Maybe drivers are corrupt.
Maybe motherboard socket is not working connected to CD roms(2)

I have 2 hard drives C & D a floppy A and 2 cd rom drives,one a rewriter.They (CD Roms) used to work on E: and F drives.Now they've gone AWOL.I'm mistified!

One CD Rom is dated 1999 and the other Sept 2002.Too coincidental for 2 to fail at once?


Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r



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Response Number 1
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: January 4, 2005 at 17:11:48 Pacific
Reply:

Click on the ! items in device manager and see what it says about the problem. You may need to install chipset drivers for windows to properly setup the IDE controllers.


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Response Number 2
Name: Derek
Date: January 4, 2005 at 17:15:34 Pacific
Reply:

Just to clarify for others, I think Andrew is talking about this previous post:
POST 163338

Derek.W


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Response Number 3
Name: jam
Date: January 4, 2005 at 18:04:38 Pacific
Reply:

1st thing to do is to make sure your devices are configured properly:

primary master = HDD w/OS
primary slave = CD drive
2ndary master = CD burner
2ndary slave = 2nd HDD

Use master or slave jumper settings - do not use cable select. Use 80-wire ribbon cables on both channels. Check that your BIOS IDE settings are on AUTO

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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill
Date: January 4, 2005 at 19:07:37 Pacific
Reply:

I have seen MBoards that would not allow an optical drive to be the Master.


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Response Number 5
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 01:07:19 Pacific
Reply:

You may have a NOIDE entry in the registry causing your CDROMs to go missing.

Run REGEDIT and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\VXD\IOS

Look at right hand screen and delete NOIDE if you see it there

Krystyna


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Response Number 6
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 03:48:07 Pacific
Reply:

Krystyna's reply (No 5) has resolved my secondary IDE controller in device manager as well as bringing up my 2 cd rom icons in My computer.Could you resolve my primary IDE
contoller this still has "yellow" (!) against it.

I cannot run media player so cannot play music cds on either cdrom. Maybe my first cd dated 1999 is broken and affecting cd number 2 (the secondary IDE contoller)?

I think you are all helping to resolve my issue.What a team!P.S Derek's reply is correct take a look.

Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r


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Response Number 7
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 04:03:01 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Andrew

Try removing both Primary and Secondary IDE controllers in Device Manager.
Then reboot, and Windows will automatically re-install the both.

Krystyna


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Response Number 8
Name: mesich
Date: January 5, 2005 at 04:08:17 Pacific
Reply:

Hello everyone,

Andrew,

I believe the answer to the problem with the Primary IDE is within Response #1 posted by DAVEINCAPS.

Click on the ! items in device manager and see what it says about the problem.
Let us know what you find.

You may need to install chipset drivers for windows to properly setup the IDE controllers.
You can go to this link and find them.

Best Regards,
Mesich


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Response Number 9
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 05:11:23 Pacific
Reply:

Mesich,

It says This device is either not working properly is not present or does not have all the drivers present.However when i update nothing improves it say it has selected the best driver.In drivers it says that it is functioning.My PC is a Club 70 H and is not shown in the PBell link for updating drivers.

Krystyna,

Tried you last suggestion.Still primary with(!)


Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r


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Response Number 10
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 05:29:21 Pacific
Reply:

Andrew

In Device Manager, look at Performance tab along the top menu.
Does it say that your C: drive is running in MS-DOS Compatibility mode ?



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Response Number 11
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 05:55:29 Pacific
Reply:

Krystyna,

Yes it says as you say.

Regards,
Andrew

Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r


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Response Number 12
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:00:13 Pacific
Reply:

Okay...

In the Performance tab, click File System.

Check to make sure that the "Disable all 32-bit protected-mode disk drivers" check box has not been selected.

If it is ticked, untick it.


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Response Number 13
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:10:21 Pacific
Reply:

Everything shown is unticked

Greetings from England!


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Response Number 14
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:22:23 Pacific
Reply:

Also check in the registry for...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\hdc\0000
InfSection=BAD_IDE

Delete BAD_IDE if you have it there.



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Response Number 15
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:28:43 Pacific
Reply:

My registry says Dual_good_ide.

I thought you had it then ! But no.

I am amazed of your registry knowledge.Right in the middle of the brain we were then!

Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r


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Response Number 16
Name: Krystyna
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:39:42 Pacific
Reply:

I think I'm fast getting to the point of no more bright ideas !

One last gasp...rename these two files
C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to AUTOEXEC.ZZZ
and C:\CONFIG.SYS to CONFIG.ZZZ

If real-mode CDROM drivers are being loaded via these two files, maybe they are preventing protected-mode driver implementation.

Krystyna


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Response Number 17
Name: Andrew
Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:58:14 Pacific
Reply:

Team,

Thanks for trying.Tried your suggestion Krystyna.No luck.

I'm off for afternoon sleep now to forget about pc's for a while.I'm exhausted!

Bill Gates slogan of "where you want to go now" My answer; a lie down without thinking CD rom drives and (!)

Kind regards from Birmingham, England to you all out there. Now 14:58 and overcast +9 C.

Greetings from England!

I have exactly the same problem.Shows CD Roms in bios but not in device manager.Did you resolve it? Did the new battery do anything?
I have followed all suggestions from r


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Response Number 18
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: January 5, 2005 at 16:53:41 Pacific
Reply:

When you do the 'upgrade drivers' from device manager, windows will always say it has the best drivers installed unless you give it a specific place to look for the new drivers.

If you download the chipset drivers it should be an .exe file that you'll run to install the drivers. You won't even need to do the 'upgrade driver' route.

Also run msconfig, click advanced and make sure 'force compatibility mode disk access' is not checked.


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Response Number 19
Name: OtheHill
Date: January 5, 2005 at 16:58:04 Pacific
Reply:

This sounds like chipset driver issues to me.


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