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| Thread ID: 81470 | 2007-07-28 12:50:00 | CDrom not detected in BIOS | yudefender (12607) | Press F1 |
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| 573586 | 2007-07-28 12:50:00 | I have old computer Compaq Deskpro PII 450 Mhz with integrated sound card Ess Audiodrive (not working), and CDrom (working). After I plug in PnP Sound Card ess1868 i finally got sound but I lost CDrom. Bios cannot detect my cdrom anymore. When I plug out my PNP sound card cdrom is detected just fine. What can I do to solve my problem? Thanks in advanced. |
yudefender (12607) | ||
| 573587 | 2007-07-28 20:27:00 | I would check the CD's connections first inside the case. Does the CD IDE cable plug into the IDE connection on the motherboard, or into / onto the soundcard (like some used to)?? What else is in this case, besides the cd and hard drive?? Anything else? And what version of Windows, is it running? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 573588 | 2007-07-28 21:27:00 | CD IDE cable is plug into the IDE connection on the motherboard. Beside hard disk and cdrom i have nothing. Windows xp. |
yudefender (12607) | ||
| 573589 | 2007-07-28 21:29:00 | I had a computer a few weeks ago (a very old one) where the BIOS didn't detect the CD drive, but worked fine under Windows. HTH | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 573590 | 2007-07-28 21:38:00 | might be confilicting irq's | drcspy (146) | ||
| 573591 | 2007-07-28 22:45:00 | Err dont think its conflicting IRQ's. AFAIK, cd's, and dvds dont have IRQ's. Neither do hdd's. Whats the hdd and cd on? Master or Slave?? If either are on cable select, change them to Master.. Put the hdd on Primary IDE the cd on Secondary IDE as Master. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 573592 | 2007-07-28 22:54:00 | Speedy . . . this is the ONE BIG problem I too have had with Compaqs . For some silly reason, they assign the same IRQ to the sound card and the phone/fax modem and THAT makes the detection of the CD-Drive impossible to achieve . I hate Compaqs for this stoooopid problem . . and it bites me in the butt each and every time it happens to me on one of these dinosaurs . The ESS1868 is so buggy and unstable . . maybe it's the whole problem . As I see it, and I have a list of Compaqs under my belt now . . . I have never had a 100% satisfaction rate with these sound drivers . . even had to install/ uninstall/ install/ uninstall/ reinstall over and over again to make it finally work . I think the CPU got tired of fighting with me in the end and just let it happen . Just my thought . . maybe it'll help . . . . . . . . . . . or not . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 573593 | 2007-07-28 23:08:00 | Well it sounds like one strange system alright! Good thing, I've never had a Compaq. Or HP or Dell, for that matter. Acer was bad enough. What does the motherboard have on it? What kind of ports? ISA? PCI? If PCI, I would disable the onboard and get a PCI one. See if its any better. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 573594 | 2007-07-30 15:59:00 | Onboard soundcard is disabled and I plug in ess1968 Isa PnP sound card. I also remove modem. When I plug in soundcard CDrom doesn't work again. (Bios cannot detect it, and also windows cannot detect cdrom). I try to manual install cdrom in windows and i have no success. I try all possible combination with jumpers and still nothing CDrom only work if I remove soundcard. |
yudefender (12607) | ||
| 573595 | 2007-07-30 21:17:00 | What would you rather go without, CD-ROM or sound? :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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