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DVD drive
Some times during boots up the BIOS can't seen to find the DVD/CD burner (D
drive) ...when this happens boot up will hang and Window XP will hang. I don't get any boot errors..the systems also sluggish once boot up is complete and the D drive is missing. I have checked and or switched the data cable and power connectors....but the problem persists. Maybe the DVD drives going bad? Or could it be a power supply going bad? Your help or suggestion are appreciated NC |
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DVD drive
norman wrote:
Some times during boots up the BIOS can't seen to find the DVD/CD burner (D drive) ...when this happens boot up will hang and Window XP will hang. I don't get any boot errors..the systems also sluggish once boot up is complete and the D drive is missing. I have checked and or switched the data cable and power connectors....but the problem persists. Maybe the DVD drives going bad? Or could it be a power supply going bad? Your help or suggestion are appreciated NC Look for some a bios setting that delays bootup for an adjustable amount of seconds, DFI calls it "Delay for HDD" . It is for exactly what it looks like you have: A lazy device that doesn't get it's **** together in time. I've also cured this by disabling "fast memory check", but that often takes forever, especially if you have lots of ram. |
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FYI....flipped drives master/slave...problem fixed at the moment
"norman" wrote in message news Some times during boots up the BIOS can't seen to find the DVD/CD burner (D drive) ...when this happens boot up will hang and Window XP will hang. I don't get any boot errors..the systems also sluggish once boot up is complete and the D drive is missing. I have checked and or switched the data cable and power connectors....but the problem persists. Maybe the DVD drives going bad? Or could it be a power supply going bad? Your help or suggestion are appreciated NC |
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