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Thread: Cd drive has disappeared |
    
New member Username: Angelicbabe0907
Post Number: 3
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 03:24 am: |
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My cd drives are working, spinning the disks, opening and closing. But they don't show up in 'my computer' or anywhere. I can't play any music or dvd's and in programs that play it, the drives aren't even listed on the pull down menu. It's like they don't exist. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 11075
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 02:15 am: |
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Go to your "device manager"
check for a list of your devices.
See if your device is under "DVD/Cd-Rom drives." |
New member Username: Angelicbabe0907
Post Number: 5
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 03:00 am: |
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It's not there. Already Checked. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 11077
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 11:02 am: |
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You may have to open the PC and check the physical connection of the drive itself.
Remove it completely, restart, then turn it off.
Re-attach the CD drive, then turn it back on. This should prompt the PC to detect a new drive or new device. |
New member Username: Angelicbabe0907
Post Number: 6
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 07:16 pm: |
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It's just there are so many cables in there that I don'twant to risk forgetting to plug something in. I'll try it though. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3061
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 02:06 pm: |
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You don't need to remove the drive. All you need to do is unplug the power cable. You can unplug the IDE cable too if you want to, but you don't need to. The PC can't see anything that doesn't have power. |
New member Username: Angelicbabe0907
Post Number: 7
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 07:04 pm: |
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I'm going to sound so stupid here, but what's an IDE cable? |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 11093
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 07:24 pm: |
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You can just unplug the the power cable leading to the CD drive. |
Bronze Member Username: Nd4spd18
Post Number: 42
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 10:10 pm: |
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If the drive opens and closes it has power. Check the IDE cable, its the wide grey cable connected to the drive. Also make sure the other end of the cable is connected to the motherboard. |
Bronze Member Username: S_dot
United States
Post Number: 73
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 06:57 pm: |
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dumb answer, but restarting the computer might just do the trick |
