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| Thread ID: 22646 | 2002-07-26 08:28:00 | Toshiba Laptop no CDROM | Silver Fox (1219) | Press F1 |
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| 65676 | 2002-07-26 08:28:00 | I have a Toshiba Tecra 730CDT laptop with win98 that recently decided to forget it has a CDROM installed. It happened when my son's friend decided to install a DOS game (Worms) which failed. Upon reboot of the machine the CDROM had dissappeared. It maybe coincidental that the failure occurred ie I am not blaming the DOS game or my sons friend for the failure it could easily be **** that has happened :-) Tried to use the rescue boot disk but it could/would not load any of the CDROM device drivers provided in the config.sys file. Reports CDROM device not found. Upon boot the CDROM light flashes and opening and closing the CDROM does cause light activity but alas all the file managers (Exlorer etc) do not list a CDROM anymore. Is it possible the game has done something to the BIOS. Has anyone got any ideas as to what may have caused this and how it can be fixed. Silver Fox |
Silver Fox (1219) | ||
| 65677 | 2002-07-26 08:32:00 | Does the CD rom show in the BIOS? Its bound to be the slave on the first IDE port, the HDD will be the master. If it says <none> step through the selection until it reads [CD ROM], exit saving configuration. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 65678 | 2002-08-04 03:06:00 | Thank you godfather for your reply. The BIOS does not list the CDROM in the way you describe. Have found the problem. When my sons friend was playing with it, it appears he somehow pulled on the CDROM unit which dislodged it enough for it not to make 100% contact with its plug at the back. It wasn't till we started taking it apart that we realised that the CDROM may not be seated correctly. Removing it and re-installing it we noticed that it was now sitting slightly recessed within the laptop and how presto it now all works. Silver Fox |
Silver Fox (1219) | ||
| 65679 | 2002-08-04 04:41:00 | It used to be that computer repairs always started with checking all connections --- they were the weakest part. Now the software is so flakey that it distracts you from real problems. X-( | Graham L (2) | ||
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