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Hello guys,
hope you can help me, as i want to get to the bottom of this....
i am running windows XP SP2, on a Pentium 4, 3.06 gig processor, 512
Ram.
My CD drive isnt being detected. it doesnt show the drive when i click
in ’My Computer’, i go to device manager and it doesnt show there, but
the drive has power going to it as i can open and close it. i checked
the BIOS and it is set to boot first, then floppy, then harddrive as
usual. i have had the drive replaced twice thinking it was a dodgy cd
rom, but it hasnt fixed it. when the technician comes round and
replaces the drive it all works fine until i actually turn the
computer off. the technician has left by then so i cannot show him the
actual problem. i turned my computer off, unplugged the power cable
going to the cd drive and plugged it back in then restarted my
computer, the drive works again....until i switched off my computer
and it disappeared again. the only way i can get it to show is by
doing the above process (unplugging the power and plugging back in)
although sometimes i will have the drive working after doing that
process and then all of a sudden it will disappear whilst the computer
is still on.
Please i know its a long post and your probably bored of reading it,
but ive tried to explain this the best i can, can anyone give me any
advice as to why this might be happening, and the solution if
possible.
many thanks in advance for any replies.
hope you can help me, as i want to get to the bottom of this....
i am running windows XP SP2, on a Pentium 4, 3.06 gig processor, 512
Ram.
My CD drive isnt being detected. it doesnt show the drive when i click
in ’My Computer’, i go to device manager and it doesnt show there, but
the drive has power going to it as i can open and close it. i checked
the BIOS and it is set to boot first, then floppy, then harddrive as
usual. i have had the drive replaced twice thinking it was a dodgy cd
rom, but it hasnt fixed it. when the technician comes round and
replaces the drive it all works fine until i actually turn the
computer off. the technician has left by then so i cannot show him the
actual problem. i turned my computer off, unplugged the power cable
going to the cd drive and plugged it back in then restarted my
computer, the drive works again....until i switched off my computer
and it disappeared again. the only way i can get it to show is by
doing the above process (unplugging the power and plugging back in)
although sometimes i will have the drive working after doing that
process and then all of a sudden it will disappear whilst the computer
is still on.
Please i know its a long post and your probably bored of reading it,
but ive tried to explain this the best i can, can anyone give me any
advice as to why this might be happening, and the solution if
possible.
many thanks in advance for any replies.