Lost DVD and CDRW drives

[Little Tinca]

Den

 

Take the side off again check where the IDE lead (s)(41 strand ribbon cable)plug into the into the motherboard. Give them a gentle but firm push either side and give it a try.

[poledark]

Cheers for the advice lads. Almost went completely pearshaped just now........switched off power and pushed/pulled every lead I could find.......powered up and NOTHING.....blank screen...not even a blue one!!!

 

So went back and pushed/pulled some more and all OK now except still no cd and cdrw drives.

 

The power leads are red/black/yellow, I did check all the IDE leads, but will have another go at the one which seems to come from the drives.

 

Den

[Jim Roper]

If both drives are connected to the same ribbon cable, disconnect one at a time and the other drive might work. The disconnected drive will be playing up if the other works. This is saying what others have allready said, but perhaps in a different way!

[poledark]

Got it Jim, I did just that with the IDE cables and it looks as if the cdwr is defunct.

At least I now know what an IDE cable is, and a motherboard

 

Down to PC world tomorrow,

 

Den

[Jim Roper]

I've got a Phillips cdwr that windows explorer sees but asks me to put a disc in even if there is one in there. The disc does not appear to spin up even thought the lights come on. I figured a new drive was a cheaper option than someone trying to repair it. The new drive is faster!