same error

[Jon Steggles]

CD rom is not showing in the bios but not in the device manager or
explorer. I have tried http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm
with no joy.
any advice welcome

 

[Maincat]

CD rom is not showing in the bios but not in the device manager or
explorer. I have tried
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm
with no joy.
any advice welcome

Check that the CD is connected properly and that it is not sharing a
master/slave setting with another device on the same connection ie if the
ribbon cable also has another device on it, one needs to be a master and the
other a slave. You change a jumper on the CD to make it a slave etc. If
you have two devives both configered as master on the same ribbon cable =
problems.