Problem with DVD/CD drive and sound card.

[SoDakRah]

A couple weeks ago my computer simply stopped working. OfficeXP was gone and
IE7 would not open. I reinstalled WindowsXP Pro and OfficeXP as well as IE7
and got things working again. Now the CD drive will not work. You insert a
game CD and the game appears to boot up without selecting the shortcut but if
you try to play you are prompted to insert the CD. Also there is no sound
coming out of the external speakers. I have run AVG virus scan repeatedly
for these two weeks even in safe mode and find nothing. Any ideas?

 

[Jim]

A couple weeks ago my computer simply stopped working. OfficeXP was gone
and
IE7 would not open. I reinstalled WindowsXP Pro and OfficeXP as well as
IE7
and got things working again. Now the CD drive will not work. You insert
a
game CD and the game appears to boot up without selecting the shortcut but
if
you try to play you are prompted to insert the CD. Also there is no sound
coming out of the external speakers. I have run AVG virus scan repeatedly
for these two weeks even in safe mode and find nothing. Any ideas?

Perhaps the drive has died and should be replaced.
Jim

 

[db.·.. >]

most of the time when
the o.s. is re-installed,
people forget about the
proprietary software and
drivers provided by the
computers' maker.

similarly, the makers of
the mobo, sound brd or
cd/dvd device likely have
additional info, downloads
and patches that need to
be added to the o.s.