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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 |
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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" <dave.julie@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$a601280a@phx.gbl... | 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 |
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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" <dave.julie@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >>news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$a601280a@phx.gbl... >>| 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 >> >> >>. >> >. > |
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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" <dave.julie@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >news:085701c33f04$5c460e60$a301280a@phx.gbl... >| 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" <dave.julie@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >| >news:1e2d01c33ec3$c9e99860$a601280a@phx.gbl... >| >| 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 >| > >| > >| >. >| > > > >. > |
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