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| 356141 | 2005-05-18 02:35:00 | I have windows 98SE. My two CD drives do not show up in "my computer". In "device manager" the H.P.CD writer has a red cross. The secondary IDE contriller has a yellow !. On boot up the following reads after auto detecting: Primary Master:310 ST340016A Ultra DMA Mode-5,SMART capable but not disabled. Primary Slave: NAVX1920 Maxtor 88400DP Ultra DMA Mode 2, SMART capable but not disabled Secondary Master 1.0c Hewlett Pakard CD-writer plus 9300 Secondary slave drive ATAPI Incomplete. I have checked all cable connections. There is power to the CD drives as they each will open and shut ok. Can you please help me get the drives working again Ron |
ronr (1234) | ||
| 356142 | 2005-05-18 02:55:00 | The Red cross means the drive is disabled and the yellow means that a driver is not installed or installed incorrectly. | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 356143 | 2005-05-18 03:53:00 | I have checked the driver for the secondary controller and the CD writer is installed OK. Still no CD drives Ron |
ronr (1234) | ||
| 356144 | 2005-05-18 04:01:00 | Delete them and let the OS redetect them after a restart | bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 356145 | 2005-05-19 01:14:00 | :confused: I deleted the cd drives and ide controller and let windows redetect them. The result was that in "device manager" I now have no CD drives detected, and the secondary ide controller still as has a yellow ! I forgot to mention that for three weeks prior to loosing my CD drives I was intermittently loosing them, and rebooting usually restored them. I tend to think that the trouble may be either with the cable or perhaps the secondary IDE connection on the motherboard?? Any more comments or suggestions would be welcome Ron |
ronr (1234) | ||
| 356146 | 2005-05-19 02:04:00 | Are the 2 cd drives on the same ide cable if so you could try a new cable | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 356147 | 2005-05-19 02:05:00 | I suspect its your secondary IDE port thats stuffed. | pctek (84) | ||
| 356148 | 2005-05-19 02:11:00 | check that the IDE port isn't turned off in the bios. unplug the cd drives and reload the IDE or motherboard drivers. see if you can get the ide controller going (no yellow ! ). if thats works plug in the cdrom. otherwise post details of motherbord. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 356149 | 2005-05-19 03:40:00 | ok open up ur tower and make sure that the cables r tightly plugged in...once they are detected in bios, that means the cd (hardware wise) are fine. go to device manager and click on the red cross cd-rom a menu appears click on enable device at the bottom ....if not go to contol panel and click administrative tools , then computer management, when it opens select disk management this will tell u if the cdroms have issues or not | mr_crust (8143) | ||
| 356150 | 2005-05-19 03:44:00 | go to contol panel and click administrative tools , then computer management, when it opens select disk management this will tell u if the cdroms have issues or not 98SE dosn't have that. |
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