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CD drives not working
Hi all,
I currently have a very peculiar situation. I have two CD drives (52x CD-ROM, and a Ricoh MP7163A which is about 3 yrs old). They were working fine one day, then the next, they both showed 'Drive D:/E: is not ready.' messages. OK, so I deleted them from the System Device Manager, and restarted. Everything worked fine for about 2 days, then it happened again. So I go through the same procedure, but this time it doesn't work. I have tried new IDE cables, each drive (separately), each drive as a slave off the primary IDE channel. Still nothing. I am running Windows 98 SE. Does anyone know why this would happen? I mean, I can understand one drive not working, but both at the same time? I have come to two conclusions: 1) It is the drives, in which case they will both have to be replaced. 2) It is the OS, but I cannot figure out where the problem is. Thanks, Murdoc ; =========================== "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless."-- Martin Luther King. "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." --Epicurus |
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sibly the onboard IDE controller went out? Seen that happen a few times...
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try them on different IDE connections
ie. try them one at a time on the same cable as the hard drive "Murdoc" wrote in message ... Hi all, I currently have a very peculiar situation. I have two CD drives (52x CD-ROM, and a Ricoh MP7163A which is about 3 yrs old). They were working fine one day, then the next, they both showed 'Drive D:/E: is not ready.' messages. OK, so I deleted them from the System Device Manager, and restarted. Everything worked fine for about 2 days, then it happened again. So I go through the same procedure, but this time it doesn't work. I have tried new IDE cables, each drive (separately), each drive as a slave off the primary IDE channel. Still nothing. I am running Windows 98 SE. Does anyone know why this would happen? I mean, I can understand one drive not working, but both at the same time? I have come to two conclusions: 1) It is the drives, in which case they will both have to be replaced. 2) It is the OS, but I cannot figure out where the problem is. Thanks, Murdoc ; =========================== "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless."-- Martin Luther King. "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." --Epicurus |
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Captian's Log: 8/03/04 - Will Sutton of the Cyborg Race wrote:
try them on different IDE connections ie. try them one at a time on the same cable as the hard drive I've done that. And still no luck. I went out and bought a new CD burner anyways (only $AU 50), and it's working fine. -- Murdoc ; =========================== "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless."-- Martin Luther King. "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." --Epicurus |
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Captian's Log: 9/03/04 - Trent© of the Cyborg Race wrote:
On 8 Mar 2004 01:47:11 GMT, "Murdoc" wrote: Hi all, I currently have a very peculiar situation. I have two CD drives (52x CD-ROM, and a Ricoh MP7163A which is about 3 yrs old). They were working fine one day, then the next, they both showed 'Drive D:/E: is not ready.' messages. OK, so I deleted them from the System Device Manager, and restarted. Everything worked fine for about 2 days, then it happened again. So I go through the same procedure, but this time it doesn't work. I have tried new IDE cables, each drive (separately), each drive as a slave off the primary IDE channel. Still nothing. I am running Windows 98 SE. Boot into safe mode and delete ALL optical drives that you find. Hmm, I just deleted them under normal Windows. Would safe mode make a difference? Does anyone know why this would happen? I mean, I can understand one drive not working, but both at the same time? I have come to two conclusions: 1) It is the drives, in which case they will both have to be replaced. Highly unlikely. But you might be able to check that by putting them on another controller...or even another machine. 2) It is the OS, but I cannot figure out where the problem is. Did you add any new hardware recently? Sometimes, folks add a memory card reader, etc...which will change drive letters temporarily. No, that's what's strange (haven't installed any new software either). Its always a good idea to install the cdrom reader as the R drive...and any writer or other optical as W. Good luck...let us know. I went and bought another burner anyways, and it works fine. I shall keep trying to find out what's wrong with the other one. -- Murdoc ; =========================== "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless."-- Martin Luther King. "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." --Epicurus |
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