I just had a new power supply installed in my computer.
Now my DVD and CD-RW are no longer recognized by XP.

Thay have power to them (trays open and close) but they
don't show up in "My Computer"....

Any thoughts??

Thanks,

Dave

You didn't get the IDE cables properly re-attached.


Or you caused some electrostatic damage to the drives, or
you changed the jumper settings, maybe both are slaves???


"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$(E-Mail Removed)...
| I just had a new power supply installed in my computer.
| Now my DVD and CD-RW are no longer recognized by XP.
|
| Thay have power to them (trays open and close) but they
| don't show up in "My Computer"....
|
| Any thoughts??
|
| Thanks,
|
| Dave

Do the drives show up in the BIOS? That has to be the
first place to look at to see If It's a hardware or
software fault.

>-----Original Message-----
>The tech simply unplugged the old power supply cables and
>plugged in the new ones. The drives "show-up" on
>the "black screens" during boot up but not in XP.
>
>The computer shop is closed 'til Wednesday due to Canada
>Day and I'd like to get this straightened out...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You didn't get the IDE cables properly re-attached.
>>
>>
>>Or you caused some electrostatic damage to the drives, or
>>you changed the jumper settings, maybe both are slaves???
>>
>>
>>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>| I just had a new power supply installed in my computer.
>>| Now my DVD and CD-RW are no longer recognized by XP.
>>|
>>| Thay have power to them (trays open and close) but they
>>| don't show up in "My Computer"....
>>|
>>| Any thoughts??
>>|
>>| Thanks,
>>|
>>| Dave
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

The drives showed up in the BIOS but their names were all
screwed up. Samsung and Sony showed up as Qamsung and
Qony. I checked the IDE cables and the connection at the
motherboard was loose. All is back to normal now.

Thank you,

Dave




>-----Original Message-----
>Just plugging or unplugging a power lead would not alter
the
>OS (any OS) from :seeing" the hard drives. But static
>electricity from the tech could damage the drive. Also,
it
>is possible that the IDE cable was moved on either the
mobo
>or the drive and the contact is not complete.
>
>I would suggest that you check that all the cables are
fully
>seated. Then open device manager and see what is listed
>under the IDE drives/optical drives/CD/DVD.
>
>Delete - remove these listings with the device manager
and
>reboot, plug and play should detect and reinstall the
>devices.
>
>
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:085701c33f04$5c460e60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>| The tech simply unplugged the old power supply cables
and
>| plugged in the new ones. The drives "show-up" on
>| the "black screens" during boot up but not in XP.
>|
>| The computer shop is closed 'til Wednesday due to
Canada
>| Day and I'd like to get this straightened out...
>|
>| Thanks,
>|
>| Dave
>|
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >You didn't get the IDE cables properly re-attached.
>| >
>| >
>| >Or you caused some electrostatic damage to the
drives, or
>| >you changed the jumper settings, maybe both are
slaves???
>| >
>| >
>| >"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>| >news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$(E-Mail Removed)...
>| >| I just had a new power supply installed in my
computer.
>| >| Now my DVD and CD-RW are no longer recognized by XP.
>| >|
>| >| Thay have power to them (trays open and close) but
they
>| >| don't show up in "My Computer"....
>| >|
>| >| Any thoughts??
>| >|
>| >| Thanks,
>| >|
>| >| Dave
>| >
>| >
>| >.
>| >
>
>
>.
>