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CD rom not recognizing cds
Name: Dkend16 Date: August 13, 2005 at 15:01:17 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1.8/1.0
Comment:
Anytime i switch cds after windows has started up, the cd rom drive wont recognize the cd. in my computer the drive reads "dvd-rom," after i siwtch cds it reads "cd-rom". but when i try to open it, it says there is no cd in the drive. i have tried 2 different cd rom drives, and 2 different IDE cables. i need help! thanks.
Name: Rich Mentzel Date: August 13, 2005 at 18:18:08 Pacific
Reply:
This is software not hardware and there is a conflict somewhere with a driver for something...best place to start believe it or not is if you have a fancy keyboard with power keys...I have seen IBM Rapid Access keyboards, updated for XP, create havoc with cdroms so that only cd in cd rom at bootup will run.
Summary: I have a similar problem with a SCSI plextor CD-rom on an adaptec SCSI card. The CD-rom is recognized by the Adaptec 2940 at boot time, but not by Windows XP. This occurs only at the first boot after ...
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