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CD/DVD not working on pc

El DudarinoEl Dudarino Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I reformatted my hdd not too long ago and after i reinstalled everything my DVD and CD-RW would not work.

any help would be appreciated.

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    What do you mean?

    Do the eject buttons on them still work? If not, then have you been doing anything to the hardware - physically inside the case?

    Are they listed in "My Computer"?

    If they aren't in "my computer" then does device manager see them? If not then does it show any unrecognized devices?

    Or do they just don't read discs now?

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  • El DudarinoEl Dudarino Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    robaal wrote:
    What do you mean?

    Do the eject buttons on them still work? If not, then have you been doing anything to the hardware - physically inside the case?

    Are they listed in "My Computer"?

    If they aren't in "my computer" then does device manager see them? If not then does it show any unrecognized devices?

    Or do they just don't read discs now?

    eject buttons work and thats it. the thing that is weird is they worked fine until i got everything reinstalled then they stopped working.

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  • El DudarinoEl Dudarino Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    im bumping this back up in hope robaal can help me.

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Have you made sure all the cables are seated properly (in the drive and also in the motherboard)? I think the eject button only depends on power, so if the IDE cable is disconnected/loose, the computer won't recognize the drive.

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  • El DudarinoEl Dudarino Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    i checked that but i will check again

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