DISC DRIVES DONT WORK?! help :(

STAC|Tom · Jul 10, 2007, 05:19 PM

i just recently bought a computer from ebay. Everything is in working order, expect the dvd n cd drives. Sometimes, if im lucky, i can see in "My Computer" that it is detected. When i see that, i insert any disc, a game for example, and it doesn't start. Sometimes the drive aint even detected at all :S. Is this the reason of a faulty drive?
Thanks

ChaosMinionX · Jul 10, 2007, 07:05 PM

Check the back of the Drive itself and see if one is set to master and one is set to slave (should be a set of small toggle switches on the back). Also check in your bios whether or not you have them in your boot order, and what your IDE or Sata configs are, though im guessing they are IDE drives. So check that out as well, anything else just post

Grace · Jul 10, 2007, 07:13 PM

Hm, it sounds like a simple problem, such as a loose IDE cable or (as ChaosMinionX already said) wrong master/slave settings. You could just set both drives on 'cable select' and the motherboard will detect them automatically if that is your problem.

Furthermore, you could try unplugging one of the drives to see if its causing a conflict and re-install your motherboard drivers.

STAC|Tom · Jul 10, 2007, 08:42 PM

guys, THANKS ALOT!!!!!!! really appreciate it, it worked like a charm :P im a DRIVERHEAVEN LOVER indeed lol.

BlueMak · Jul 10, 2007, 09:02 PM

Sooo, what was the reason?

Jul 10, 2007, 05:19 PM	#1
STAC\|Tom DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 129 Rep Power: 0	DISC DRIVES DONT WORK?! help :( i just recently bought a computer from ebay. Everything is in working order, expect the dvd n cd drives. Sometimes, if im lucky, i can see in "My Computer" that it is detected. When i see that, i insert any disc, a game for example, and it doesn't start. Sometimes the drive aint even detected at all :S. Is this the reason of a faulty drive? Thanks

Jul 10, 2007, 07:05 PM	#2
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	Check the back of the Drive itself and see if one is set to master and one is set to slave (should be a set of small toggle switches on the back). Also check in your bios whether or not you have them in your boot order, and what your IDE or Sata configs are, though im guessing they are IDE drives. So check that out as well, anything else just post __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jul 10, 2007, 09:02 PM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Sooo, what was the reason? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jul 10, 2007, 07:13 PM	#3
Grace HH's Tomboy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anywhere but in my house! Posts: 776 Rep Power: 56	Hm, it sounds like a simple problem, such as a loose IDE cable or (as ChaosMinionX already said) wrong master/slave settings. You could just set both drives on 'cable select' and the motherboard will detect them automatically if that is your problem. Furthermore, you could try unplugging one of the drives to see if its causing a conflict and re-install your motherboard drivers.

Jul 10, 2007, 08:42 PM	Thread Starter #4
STAC\|Tom DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 129 Rep Power: 0	guys, THANKS ALOT!!!!!!! really appreciate it, it worked like a charm :P im a DRIVERHEAVEN LOVER indeed lol.