07-25-2010, 10:44 AM
(07-24-2010, 11:55 PM)0Target0 link Wrote: soooo you removed that hdd an ur dvd stopped working?I don't know, I hadn't used the DVD Drive for 5 or 6 months until yesterday.
(07-25-2010, 12:30 AM)bubbles link Wrote: If the other DVD drive is working on the same port with the same cable then its obviously a problem with the drive itself... either something on the drives circut board is fried or the motor/ laser mechanism is fucked. One last thing you could try is trying the 'faulty' drive in another computer...I've tried 2 DVD Drives. They were both powered, but not being detected by my pc.
And since you said IDE.. chances are its a 5 year old+ drive and/or computer anyways as SATA became the standard 5 years ago and IDE died a quick and just death.
Dvd rewriter drives are extreamly cheap these days, for example I can pick a new 22x DVD±RW Sata drive for approx 20 US dollahs so it shouldn't be a pain the ass to replace. New IDE drives are more expensive as they are very obsolete and therefore a 'specialist' item.
I don't think it's a problem with the actual drives.
(07-25-2010, 09:37 AM)xbluexfoxx link Wrote: If you are on windows vista/7 jump to Let me fix it myselfXP.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461
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