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October 14th, 2006 15:00

cd drive not responding

I just installed an additional hard drive and since then when I insert any kind of disc it does not recognize it.  It will go in and eject fine but otherwise, it's just like it's not even there.  Has anyone had this problem before?  Help would be wonderful.
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    osprey4

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    Posted October 14th, 2006 16:00

    Let's start with the model of your system and drive. When you installed the new hard drive, did it change your drive letters? Everything plugged back in OK? All drives jumpered to cable select?
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    Posted October 14th, 2006 16:00

    sorry about that, It's a dimension B110, the old hard drive letter stayed the same and the new one was assigned D and all seems to be working fine until I tried to use my drive.  I'm not able to burn discs or read anything since it's not working.
     
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    Posted October 14th, 2006 19:00

    What drives are showing up in My Computer, and what drive letter is assigned to each?
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    Posted October 14th, 2006 21:00

    Ok, well I'm kind of a noob at this but the drives in my computer ard C and D and to my knowledge shouldn't both of those be my hard drives that I have installed?
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    Posted October 14th, 2006 22:00

    Please follow this links and do the step as mentioned to install a drive.
     
     
    Thanks.
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    Posted October 14th, 2006 22:00

    I want you to post all of the drives that you see in My Computer.
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    Posted October 15th, 2006 01:00

    The only drives that show up in my computer are letter C and letter D.  I tried going into the device manager and there isn't a listing for my cd/dvd drive.   When I click on disk drives it has my two hard drives listed and that's all that appears. 
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    Posted October 15th, 2006 10:00

    Open up the case and double-check the connections. I suggest you pull out the IDE cable to the CD drive and push it back in. Do the same thing at the motherboard end. Then boot to system setup and try to set the drive to ON or AUTO (whichever applies).
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    saurabh kurichh

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    Posted October 15th, 2006 14:00

    hello friend
     
    try removingf the upper and lower filters/unistalling  primary and secondary channels....remove the additional hard drive and try again.
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    Posted October 15th, 2006 14:00

    I tried the connections again and still nothing.  I'm not sure what you mean by filters,  I'm not very computer savvy so if you could be more specific that would be great. Thank you again.

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