xp can't recognize shit

[Max Power]

computer stopped recognizing dvd,cd drives for no reason......i tried unplugging/plugging it back, and xp still won't recognize squat.....
Any queries?.....maybe I should smash it with a bigger axe

[saadie]

yep ... go ahead smash it ....... and reinstall it :wink:
windows i mean ... :P :wink:

[Max Power]

win disk is a no go....cd/dvd drivers are useless

[weichenoo]

does it even list your drives in control panel/sysem/hardware/device manager ?

if not then its not windows but a hardware problem

[Max Power]

that's what i figured.......weak

[SFDMALEX]

Try to flash the bios, make sure you have power going to the drives. Also try booting in safe mode to see if the drives appear there.

[Max Power]

done and done
.....no luck
looks like its a new motherboard for me cause the drives are recognized on another computer

[GT-R_R34]

maybe are the cables from the board to the dvdr's.

or both dvd, and cd (if you have two or more dvd or cd roms) are on the same slave driver.

[Max Power]

yah......master/slave.........i've pretty much tried all the config but to no avail
.....there's primary and seconday ide channel.....so when the comp loads up it recognizes the hard drives but then it says searching on the secondary and then it finds bs

[GT-R_R34]

by any change did you check your bios?

[Max Power]

bios?

[GT-R_R34]

bios or cmos.
you know when you start your computer that ask press del to enter setup.
maybe the drivers are disable.

[Max Power]

oh......nah its on auto

[GT-R_R34]

if the dvdr is working it might be a cable issue.
other than that i'm out of ideas

[crazidude]

yah......master/slave.........i've pretty much tried all the config but to no avail
.....there's primary and seconday ide channel.....so when the comp loads up it recognizes the hard drives but then it says searching on the secondary and then it finds bs

Well if it can't even detect it when you boot up your comp then there's something wrong with the hardware. Either you plugged it in wrong, or it doesn't work. Probably the latter if you've tried plugging it in a various amount of times.