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CD/DVD rom drive not beng recognised.

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Lawless, Apr 11, 2006.

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    Hey guys and girls I have a pretty big problem with my laptop. The DVD/CD-ROM drive isnt working correctly.

    Well, it can open so I can put a cd in and close then open again so I can get it out. However no CD-Rom drive is shown to be recognised in My Computer. I also had a look in device manager and under Device Manager, it had the properties for the device and it says:

    "Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)

    Location: Location 1(1)

    Device Status: Windows succesfully loaded the device driver for this hardware device. (Code 41)"

    I also had a look in my hard disk PROPERTIES, then HARDWARE. It says under "All disk drives"

    NAME
    COMPAL TSD80YI DVD RW

    Type
    DVD/CD-R...

    It also lists the hard disk but I dont think that is needed just now.

    Any ideas how to rectify this cause I honestly don't know how it happened. I just inserted a cd and it suddenly wasn't reading them anymore and I found thant Windows coudn't find it.

    HELP ME!!!

    [ April 11, 2006, 20:16: Message edited by: Lawless ]
     
    Lawless, Apr 11, 2006
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    [​IMG] What is the exact Operating System, and do you mean the CD isn't recognized, the CD-ROM *DRIVE* isn't recognized, or something else?

    Do you still have the *drive* under My Computer?
     
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    My computer has Windows XP and as I'm sure I said above it is the ACTUAL DRIVE. There is no icon in "My Computer" displaying the DVD/CD Rom Drive.
     
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    Does changing the drive letter in (right-click) My Computer -> Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management fix the problem?
     
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    Maybe it is wiring. Was the notebook dropped or placed down a little harder than normal? That could cause some damage to your drive.
     
    Abdel - Bhaal Spawn, Apr 12, 2006
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    Is this a new drive? Could be in your BIOS. I once had to go into the BIOS and change it so it would rcognize my CD/Rom drive on my Dell laptop.
     
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    I had this problem once on my laptop. I just took the little screw holding my drive in, pushed the little 'lever' to slide it out, and I used an alcohol swab to clean off the contacts. When I slid it back in, I went in to the BIOS and had it preform a full POST run, and when it finished booting up, the drive showed up just fine.

    I don't know if it was a bad connection, of if the in-depth POST fond/fixed the problem, but it worked for me, it might work for you. Plus, it's always good to clean thing out every once in awhile. :thumb: :rolling:
     
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    This may be really stupid to ask but where to I get the ne driver (which hopefully will work), cause I tried typing in the COMPAL etc bit and cant find anything or anywhere to downlaod it.
     
    Lawless, Apr 12, 2006
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