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Thread ID: 58542 2005-06-03 19:27:00 Cd-rom drives missing? gok1025 (8268) Press F1
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360988 2005-06-03 19:27:00 Ok this is what happened. One day there was a power surge in my apartment and my computer crashed. I open my computer and see that the CD-rom drives aren't functioning. I uninstall and reinstall the drivers and whatnot and still. Is there any possible way that I can get them back without reformatting :(? Here's a pic of what I'm getting. Can you make anything out of it?

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gok1025 (8268)
360989 2005-06-03 19:41:00 try them in another pc to test if it's the cddrive it'self which is faulty or what..... drcspy (146)
360990 2005-06-03 21:39:00 Delete those 3 cd's and reboot. See what happens. Speedy Gonzales (78)
360991 2005-06-04 02:46:00 nothing man, I still get this on My computer
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gok1025 (8268)
360992 2005-06-04 02:48:00 DrSpy has told you - check the drives in another PC to see if they are dead or not. If not, then your motherboard is damaged. pctek (84)
360993 2005-06-04 02:56:00 once you have check that the drives are ok, slave them to the hardrive ie use the ide cable the hardrive is connected to. if the drive dosn't show up its a windows/driver problem. also booting with a boot disk should tell you if its an OS problem or hardware. tweak'e (69)
360994 2005-06-04 03:07:00 Does the BIOS show them as present? If the BIOS can't see them, there is a problem. ;) Graham L (2)
360995 2005-06-04 03:22:00 wo wo, what am I gonna do, just unplug them off my computer, and check them on another. I don't think I know how to do that. Thats ridiculous.. gok1025 (8268)
360996 2005-06-04 03:34:00 Well go into the BIOS then, and make sure the ide ones are on AUTO.

And as said, if the BIOS doesnt detect either cd, then something is wrong.

Do the cds appear when u boot up on the post screen?

Who installed the dvd burner and dvd? And what IDE connection did they put them on?

And how is the SCSI CD connected? is a SCSI connection onboard or have u got a PCI card?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
360997 2005-06-04 03:37:00 wo, wo, speedy, you're too smart and fast for me. All I know is that the cd's don't appear at all when I insert them in. Not even the small lil icon :( gok1025 (8268)
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