StealthCat Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 For some odd reason both of my cd drives quit working on me a while back. It isn't the controller on the motherboard, because I can see both drives in BIOS. I tried uninstalling them from the device list and then rebooting, and while windows did "reinstall" them, I still can't access them. They are there in 'my computer', and when I insert a disk the icon will change so I know that windows recognizes a disc being present, but when I try to access the drive it says "Please insert a disc into drive x". Any ideas? The firmware for both drives is up to date, and I've tried multiple discs in different drives.2 drives,first drive is a JLMS DVD-ROM (XJ-HD16)second drive is a Sony CD-RW (CRX216E)Both of which suddenly stopped working at the same time (and it isn't a motherboard issue). Ponder on that, and let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420gsxr1000 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 they on the same cable? (try new cable) or are they sata? shit, got a spare drive, plug it in, see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthCat Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 The two CD drives are on a single IDE ribbon cable. Why the fuck would they just go out one day? I know windows notices the disk, but I cant access it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420gsxr1000 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 thats fed up....maybe PART of the cable went bad as to it can see the disc but not read it....change the cable see what happens:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 thats fed up....maybe PART of the cable went bad as to it can see the disc but not read it....change the cable see what happens:)Ugh can't believe I'm going to agree with 420. Yeah your cable could be going bad or pulling loose on an edge when seat the drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420gsxr1000 Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Ugh can't believe I'm going to agree with 420. Yeah your cable could be going bad or pulling loose on an edge when seat the drives.haha (in simpsons voice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbcinnovations Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Try unplugging one of the drives and leaving the other attached.. Old Compaq drives in cable select mode were notorious for screwing up the whole IDE channel if one began to fail. If the first one you unplug does not let you see the other one just swap and try it the other way around. Check to be sure they are in cable select mode. This should still work if one is master and one is slave.HTH-CBC- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthCat Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Greatly appreciated, I tried that with one drive, but not the other. As of now, I've still got nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zecho Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 windows update + new cable imo...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarchesiniGSXR Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Try this link and see if anything on there helps you. Someone mentioned Compaq so I'm guessing that's what you're running. Hope this helps...http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07146&dlc=en〈=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthCat Posted March 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Its actually a custom built rig, but I'm using drives out of my old dell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbcinnovations Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 If it is XP boot up into safe mode (Press F8 on boot) and see if they work in safe mode. If they do then it is a Windows problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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