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nikoli
Hey guys... got a dell inspiron laptop. This is the weirdest thing. I'm
'fixing' it for a friend (she got a virus). I wiped the HD clean and
reloaded a fresh copy of XP pro... I even loaded suse linux 9.1 just for
kicks. It was working perfectly. So I packed it up with the intention of
bringing it back. Only she wasn't home so I came back home and plugged
it in just to surf and listen to some tunes. Now for some crazy reason
the darn CDROM doesn't work! I checked the BIOS and it doesn't even see
that it's there! Obviously neither windows or linux see it either. (Now
I feel like a complete dork because I told her I have it working.)
There's a panel underneath the CDROM for connections and it looks and
feels like everything is snug. There's also power going to the drive
because the LCD lights and it spins up when a CD is inserted. I have no
clue what could've happened between my house and hers.
'fixing' it for a friend (she got a virus). I wiped the HD clean and
reloaded a fresh copy of XP pro... I even loaded suse linux 9.1 just for
kicks. It was working perfectly. So I packed it up with the intention of
bringing it back. Only she wasn't home so I came back home and plugged
it in just to surf and listen to some tunes. Now for some crazy reason
the darn CDROM doesn't work! I checked the BIOS and it doesn't even see
that it's there! Obviously neither windows or linux see it either. (Now
I feel like a complete dork because I told her I have it working.)
There's a panel underneath the CDROM for connections and it looks and
feels like everything is snug. There's also power going to the drive
because the LCD lights and it spins up when a CD is inserted. I have no
clue what could've happened between my house and hers.