CD-Rom lost! Bios picks it up, but Windows doesn't.

Kent · 05-21-02, 11:58 PM

My wife told me the other day her CD-Rom was no longer working. I checked and it was not even in the Control Panel or Device Manager. I have replaced the CD-Rom itself with a new CL 52X and also put on the new cable. Still, it's not listed in Windows ME. I have never, ever, had this problem. Any ideas? I'm lost here? Thanks, Kent

William · 05-22-02, 12:30 AM

Windows seeing the secondary IDE controller? We are going to need a lot more information like the motherboard or computer manufactorer.

Kent · 05-22-02, 12:47 AM

It's my old system: SOYO 6BA+IV, PIII 650@866(5%), 256mg Mushkin PC-133-2,2,2, etc. It had just a generic CD-Rom, but I just installed the new CL. I ran the system at default 650 and still Windows did not see the CD-Rom. Upon boot it's listed as the Seconday Master, but when I get to Windows it's not there. Thanks for the help, Kent

William · 05-22-02, 12:54 AM

In device manager is the secondary IDE controller there under Hard Disk controllers or something or another like that. If windows isn't seeing that then it can't see the drive.

Kent · 05-22-02, 12:59 AM

No it's not listed. Just Intel...... PCI Bus Master IDE Controller. OK, now what???

Boot to ME startup disk and reinstall Windows?
Thanks, Kent

William · 05-22-02, 01:08 AM

That will probably work. I don't know how to add it, though you could try through the add new hardware and specify that device. Make sure it is turned on in the bios. Once you get that controller working, the CD rom will be seen.

Kent · 05-22-02, 01:19 AM

The bios was one of the first things I checked. Nothing has been changed on this system. Man, this a real challenge now.

Thanks again, Kent

Kent · 05-22-02, 01:33 AM

Got it fixed!!! Went to Device Manager, Hard Disk Controllers- highlighted the Intel.........PCI Bus Master IDE Controller and went to properties. Then update driver and let Windows search. Windows ME then found the Secondary IDE Controller and the CD-Rom now works. Oh well, she needed a new CD-Rom anyway.

Thanks for the help WIlliam. I really appreciate it. Kent

Diggrr · 05-22-02, 01:36 AM

Wouldn't installing updated mobo drivers make windoze see the controler once again? Mine always "finds new hardware" everytime I do it, even though it's nothing new really.

Ha! posted while I's writing...it's cool you got it running.

05-21-02, 11:58 PM	Thread Starter #1
Kent Member Join Date: Jan 2001	CD-Rom lost! Bios picks it up, but Windows doesn't. My wife told me the other day her CD-Rom was no longer working. I checked and it was not even in the Control Panel or Device Manager. I have replaced the CD-Rom itself with a new CL 52X and also put on the new cable. Still, it's not listed in Windows ME. I have never, ever, had this problem. Any ideas? I'm lost here? Thanks, Kent
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05-22-02, 12:30 AM	#2
William Prodigal Son Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa AL	Windows seeing the secondary IDE controller? We are going to need a lot more information like the motherboard or computer manufactorer. __________________ Cameron: Are you crazy, House? You can't divide by zero! The server is almost overloaded as it is, despite us having pumped it full of matrices! Foreman: He was right about that infinite sequence last week... maybe we didn't consider this could be an asymptotic problem. House: This is the only way! Sometimes solutions are NP complete and there's nothing anyone can do about it! Foreman, sneak into the physics department and reroute their servers to ours, we need the extra processors if we don't want this equation to go quadratic on us. Chase, patch the memory leak and install Matlab 9.3. Chase: Shouldn't we be using Mathematica for potentially asymptotic functions? House: When I want your opinion, I'll do an affine transformation to get it. I'm off to see Cuddy. Those parabolic eigenvalues of hers must be good for something.
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05-22-02, 12:47 AM	Thread Starter #3
Kent Member Join Date: Jan 2001	It's my old system: SOYO 6BA+IV, PIII 650@866(5%), 256mg Mushkin PC-133-2,2,2, etc. It had just a generic CD-Rom, but I just installed the new CL. I ran the system at default 650 and still Windows did not see the CD-Rom. Upon boot it's listed as the Seconday Master, but when I get to Windows it's not there. Thanks for the help, Kent
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05-22-02, 12:54 AM	#4
William Prodigal Son Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa AL	In device manager is the secondary IDE controller there under Hard Disk controllers or something or another like that. If windows isn't seeing that then it can't see the drive. __________________ Cameron: Are you crazy, House? You can't divide by zero! The server is almost overloaded as it is, despite us having pumped it full of matrices! Foreman: He was right about that infinite sequence last week... maybe we didn't consider this could be an asymptotic problem. House: This is the only way! Sometimes solutions are NP complete and there's nothing anyone can do about it! Foreman, sneak into the physics department and reroute their servers to ours, we need the extra processors if we don't want this equation to go quadratic on us. Chase, patch the memory leak and install Matlab 9.3. Chase: Shouldn't we be using Mathematica for potentially asymptotic functions? House: When I want your opinion, I'll do an affine transformation to get it. I'm off to see Cuddy. Those parabolic eigenvalues of hers must be good for something.
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05-22-02, 12:59 AM	Thread Starter #5
Kent Member Join Date: Jan 2001	No it's not listed. Just Intel...... PCI Bus Master IDE Controller. OK, now what??? Boot to ME startup disk and reinstall Windows? Thanks, Kent
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05-22-02, 01:08 AM	#6
William Prodigal Son Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa AL	That will probably work. I don't know how to add it, though you could try through the add new hardware and specify that device. Make sure it is turned on in the bios. Once you get that controller working, the CD rom will be seen. __________________ Cameron: Are you crazy, House? You can't divide by zero! The server is almost overloaded as it is, despite us having pumped it full of matrices! Foreman: He was right about that infinite sequence last week... maybe we didn't consider this could be an asymptotic problem. House: This is the only way! Sometimes solutions are NP complete and there's nothing anyone can do about it! Foreman, sneak into the physics department and reroute their servers to ours, we need the extra processors if we don't want this equation to go quadratic on us. Chase, patch the memory leak and install Matlab 9.3. Chase: Shouldn't we be using Mathematica for potentially asymptotic functions? House: When I want your opinion, I'll do an affine transformation to get it. I'm off to see Cuddy. Those parabolic eigenvalues of hers must be good for something.
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05-22-02, 01:19 AM	Thread Starter #7
Kent Member Join Date: Jan 2001	The bios was one of the first things I checked. Nothing has been changed on this system. Man, this a real challenge now. Thanks again, Kent
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05-22-02, 01:33 AM	Thread Starter #8
Kent Member Join Date: Jan 2001	Got it fixed!!! Went to Device Manager, Hard Disk Controllers- highlighted the Intel.........PCI Bus Master IDE Controller and went to properties. Then update driver and let Windows search. Windows ME then found the Secondary IDE Controller and the CD-Rom now works. Oh well, she needed a new CD-Rom anyway. Thanks for the help WIlliam. I really appreciate it. Kent
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05-22-02, 01:36 AM	#9
Diggrr Underwater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Gun Lake, MI. USA	Wouldn't installing updated mobo drivers make windoze see the controler once again? Mine always "finds new hardware" everytime I do it, even though it's nothing new really. Ha! posted while I's writing...it's cool you got it running. __________________ Rig1: C2D E8400 @3510 Ф Asus P5G41T-M-LX Plus mobo Ф 8 Gigs Ballistix DDR3 1333 Ф Asus GT520 Silent Ф 4 Deep Cool 92mm case fans Ф FSP 1U 460 Watt PSU External Watercooling: 40' Copper Coil Geothermal ground loop Ф Cooling modded MCP350 & MCP355 W/Swiftech white dual pump top Ф D-Tek Fuzion V2, 1/4" Rig2: Via Esther C7 1.5 @ 1.65 Ф Jetway 7F2WE1G5D mITX mobo Ф 1 Gig Generic Ram (max) Ф 120 watt Pico PSU. Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ~ Benjamin Franklin
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