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CD-ROM disappeared
Name: Bill Jr. Date: December 21, 2002 at 06:24:14 Pacific OS: Win-ME CPU/Ram: AMD XP 1600/512mb
Comment:
I recently swapped my second system's MB to an ASUS A7V266E. When I tried to install the 4in1 ASUS drivers the cd-rom stopped. the the system locked. On boot up the bios read my cd-rom but whenthe OS [ME] came up I had no cd-rom. It is not listed in device manager. I checked for a NOIDE entry in the registry but there is none. The cd-rom disappeared from my system. How can I get it back in?
Name: wawadave Date: December 21, 2002 at 10:01:36 Pacific
Reply:
hello shut computer off, diconect cd-rom from computer-reboot-shut computer back off-reconect cd-rom,reboot. see if windoz see,s it now.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bill Jr. Date: December 21, 2002 at 15:08:33 Pacific
Reply:
Wawa Dave, Thanks for the reply, but it's not something so simple. I've been through all the steps up to and including registry checks for NOIDE entries as I mentioned earlier. I have none. The cd-rom just LEFT my system when I was trying to install MB drivers. Anyone else have any deeper thoughts?
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