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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / November 2003IDE CD-R/RW
When I put any disc into my R/RW drive nothing happens. I go to "my computer" and select "drive F" which is my R/RW drive, I get the message as follows....F:\is not accessable and also.....this device is not ready. Also tried accessing thru Direct CD and get the same results. Have upgraded my Bios as directed by Compaq...and re-installed Win98SE as per their request. And now the problem still persists. Any help here would be of greatly appreciated. If all CDs, it's either a power,driver problem or the drive is dead. 1) If a light flashes on the drive during power up, then power is not the problem. Unless you're experiencing other problems since you've installed the drive. 2)Remove the drive from Windows through device manager. Reboot the system and let Windows redetect the drive. If the drive is redetected, it's not likely to be a driver problem. 3)Try uninstalling and reinstalling the software which came with the burner. 4)Are there any hardware conflicts being reported in device manager? 5) If none of the above helps u, I'd say you've got a dead drive > When I put any disc into my R/RW drive nothing happens. > I go to "my computer" and select "drive F" which is my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > And now the problem still persists. Any help here > would be of greatly appreciated. Thought of another possibility. Is the burner the only device hooked to the cable that attaches to the motherboard? If not, check the pins to see if it's a master, slave or CS setting. I recommend setting it to the opposite of the other HW device attached to the data cable. IE if the other device is a master, make the burner a slave. If the other device is a slave, make the burner the master. >-----Original Message----- >Thought of another possibility. Is the burner the only device hooked to the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >. >It is not the only device, and at the moment all I can tell you is that this drive is the CS selection. Have not checked other CD drive.I only have the CDR and the CDR/W on that ribbon. I will check later and let you know. Both must use the CS selection, or both must use the conventional master/slave convention. No mixing of this is allowed. If using CS, the PC's bios must understand CS. If using CS, you must use the proper ribbon cable for this. Dave > >-----Original Message----- > >Thought of another possibility. Is the burner the only [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > checked other CD drive.I only have the CDR and the CDR/W > on that ribbon. I will check later and let you know. >-----Original Message----- >If all CDs, it's either a power,driver problem or the drive is dead. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >. >First , the light does NOT flash during power-up. Have removed drive from device mgr and Windows did detect the drive. Drive came with the puter.So there is no "software"per say. No conflicts being reported. |
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