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| Thread ID: 43445 | 2004-03-15 03:25:00 | CD-Rom AWOL | jaxson (3204) | Press F1 |
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| 222648 | 2004-03-15 03:25:00 | Hi, My CD-ROM has dissappeared from my win XP home after booting. On initial startup - the screen says it finds one Hard Drive and one CD-ROM, but there is no sign of it once XP loads. It isn't even available from the command prompt, and refuses to eject. The Hard drive is connected to the primary master, and the CD to primary slave. It has always worked in the past, there seems to be no reason for it not to be there. Any Ideas? Shane |
jaxson (3204) | ||
| 222649 | 2004-03-15 03:58:00 | You checked power to it? If bios detects it there must be some power, but then you would think it would eject. Check the power cable anyway. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 222650 | 2004-03-15 04:07:00 | That's what it was. I had power going to it, but when I swapped the power cable for another (spare) power lead, it was fine. Odd that the BIOS was seeing it fine, but still, all fixed now, who cares? Cheers! |
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| 222651 | 2004-03-15 04:44:00 | I wonder whether the IDE cable supplies enough juice for a quick bios handshake but not enough for proper use? It is likely. Good that it's sorted, robo. |
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