HELP CD-RW drive not working


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i don't know what happend but when i cleaned out my computer of dust.. monday. i must have hit the ide cable out.. so last night i relezed and I hooked it back up.. i then booted the computer into windows and it was gone!

is my ide cable screwed???

my computer is at FBS(133) PCI BUS(44)

Motherboard:Tekram P6PRO-A+ VIA Apollo Pro133 ATX

Bios date: 2000/3/29 V1.04 from www.tekram.com.tw

OS: Windows XP HOME EDITION OEM(I BOUGHT IT) + 34 pre-sp1 fixes

CPU: Pentium III@700E MMX SSE 0.18 Copermine CPU @ 933EBmhz overclocked

Memory: 1x128mb pc-133 1x256mb pc-133

384mb pc-133 sdram 168pin total

Graphics Card: Visiontek Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 T.V/s-video out 64mb sdram 166/200 @ 185/215 overclocked

Driver Version: Nvidia Ref 29.60 Det XP

Monitor: Relsys Re772 Res at: 1280*1024*32bit*60hz

Hard drive: Western Digtel 40gb ata 66 7200 rpm

CD-Rom: Samung 32x

CD-RW: LG CED 8042B 4x4x24x

Speakers: PRO-168-3D

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128

Driver 5.12.1.4113

Game Controller: Gravis PC GamePad

Keyboard: Samsung 104 Win98 Keyboard

Mouse: Genius EasyMouse+

Driver: 1.2.0.0

Modem: GVC 56.6k PCI V.90 Model: PM560LH

Driver: 5.98A GVC

VIA 4-1 4.38 Beta 1

plz reply as soon as you can thanx :)

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so, the cdrw is missing from your os.

upon booting, check to see if the light on the drive turns on. if so, that means it has power going to it.

did you make sure the ide cable installation is correct? the red striped side is should go near the first pin which is usually on the right side of the back of the drive (unless you have the drive upside down.)

does the bios detect it? make sure you have the bios setup so you have the dianostic screen on boot. if you don't see the drive listed, then enter the bios and change the setting (this depends on your setup and bios) so that it is either set to auto or cdrom.

it's tricky. since you mentioned nothing else save the dust cleaning, your cdrw should be fine.

when checking the ide cable connection make sure that all the pins are still on the cdrw. if you knocked the cable out that might have broken off a few pins. then you'd need a new drive. :(

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thanx for the avdice man.. i got the CDRW to work now.. just have to try out the burning

need to get SP1 beta first then DX9 beta 1

then a few software updates :)

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