CD-ROM

[Joe]

I've posted this in W2K hardware and thought I would post
here too for higher visibility.

Hi. I've been searching this site for solutions to my
problem and while I've found several that are close
matches, none are right on the money. Here's what's
going on with me:

The computer isn't recognizing the CD-ROM in My
Computer/Explorer. It is in Device Manager but is
recognized as being a SCSI drive which it isn't. The HDD
is also being recognized as SCSI but is working fine.
Both drives are IDE. I know there's power to the CD-ROM
and I know it's not the drive itself as I've changed it
and the cables as well. I've also tried removing and
reinstalling it in Device Manager and also just changing
the driver. Nothing has worked yet. There's been no new
software installed on the computer in the last couple of
months and this just started happening a few days ago.
The computer is running W2K SP4 and is a Dell Optiplex GX-
150.

Anyway, any help would be appreciated and would help
others as well as I've seen several posts similar to mine.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[ac]

make sure the jumpers are set for cable select on the cd-
rom