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CD drive comes and gos..
Name: FwknR Date: October 24, 2005 at 22:37:05 Pacific OS: Windows CPU/Ram: ?
Comment:
Up until now my CD drive would open and close (the actual tray that the cd is sits on) Now it dosnt open and the computer wont pick it up, It no longer shows up in My Computer, then out of no were the whole thing will work but only for that day Until a month later.....Can any1 HELP????
Name: cherylrp Date: October 25, 2005 at 02:46:52 Pacific
Reply:
Have you got the latest firmware for your CD driver installed.
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Response Number 2
Name: matt_sti (by lil_sti) Date: October 25, 2005 at 06:54:34 Pacific
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You might try flashing the firmware but I don't think that is your problem. However, if it always shows up in your BIOS then it is probably your firmware.
If it isn't the firmware then you could have a loose cable that is plugged into the CD drive. Check and make sure that the cable from the motherboard to the CD drive is all the way in on both ends. If that is not the case you could try replacing the cable that goes from the motherboard to the CD drive. If none of these work then you could have a bad CD drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: October 25, 2005 at 09:41:40 Pacific
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If you are comfortable editing the registry: Create a Restore point and back up the registry.Open regedit. Look for;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\SetControlClass. Key name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Value Data:[Delete all value data from upper and lower filters] Note-Do not delete the key or the multi-string values. Delete only the data values. Exit regedit and reboot. If the key is not there look in: Controlset001/Control/Class"
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