HP Not Reading ANY CD-Rom Drives

Krylon · 12th Feb 2008, 12:35 AM

Okay, so my wife was given a HP from Intel when we used to work there. It's not to old, I think it came out in like 1980.. LOL JK. but for real though, the machine has stopped seeing any CDRom. I thought it may have been the OEM Drive, so I swapped it and the IDE cable out with my DVD-RW drive. No Go. So I thought it may have been the controller so I hooked up a External USB CD-RW Drive, No go.

Nothing comes up when running Add/Remove Hardware, Nothing shows up in DM, and nothing shows up in My Computer.

Any Ideas? I'd like to make this a Web Server But would need to get the drive to work 1st.

Zenphic · 12th Feb 2008, 05:24 AM

did you check your Bios to see if that drive was detected?

werty316 · 12th Feb 2008, 10:09 AM

Try the CD-ROM drives in another computer to see if the problem isn't the drives themselves.

Check to make sure they aren't disabled in the BIOS.

Krylon · 14th Feb 2008, 01:56 AM

The BIOS does not see the drives, however the drives work in my other PC, but that wouldn't explain why the external USB drive isn't recognized within Windows.. It sees my External USB HDD, so I know it's not the USB ports.

zy · 14th Feb 2008, 04:20 AM

specs of the old computer please?

m0dD3r · 14th Feb 2008, 05:18 AM

Hmm, I might start considering a new BIOS to be flashed, or maybe a new OS. Also, an OS reinstall couldn't hurt.

Zenphic · 14th Feb 2008, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylon

The BIOS does not see the drives, however the drives work in my other PC, but that wouldn't explain why the external USB drive isn't recognized within Windows.. It sees my External USB HDD, so I know it's not the USB ports.

Whoa, that really beats me. A reinstallation of Windows might be in order, or maybe it's just your motherboard that's incompatible somehow.

Krylon · 14th Feb 2008, 05:53 AM

hmm...well...it would have to be the MB...since there isn't a way to put a new OS on it because it wont read the CDRom to install the OS.

noel_pg3 · 1st May 2008, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylon

hmm...well...it would have to be the MB...since there isn't a way to put a new OS on it because it wont read the CDRom to install the OS.

Krylon, did you follow zy's post? He's asking what kind of HP computer are you using. List the model number (ex. HP Pavilion 7840) here so that we can help you further. Also what OS do you have installed, meaning what version of Windows are you using?

12th Feb 2008, 12:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Krylon Newbie Join Date: 12 Feb 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	HP Not Reading ANY CD-Rom Drives Okay, so my wife was given a HP from Intel when we used to work there. It's not to old, I think it came out in like 1980.. LOL JK. but for real though, the machine has stopped seeing any CDRom. I thought it may have been the OEM Drive, so I swapped it and the IDE cable out with my DVD-RW drive. No Go. So I thought it may have been the controller so I hooked up a External USB CD-RW Drive, No go. Nothing comes up when running Add/Remove Hardware, Nothing shows up in DM, and nothing shows up in My Computer. Any Ideas? I'd like to make this a Web Server But would need to get the drive to work 1st.

12th Feb 2008, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
werty316 Active Join Date: 3 Mar 2005 Posts: 642 Reputation: 138 Rep Power: 5	Try the CD-ROM drives in another computer to see if the problem isn't the drives themselves. Check to make sure they aren't disabled in the BIOS. __________________ Guns don't kill people, Chuck Norris kills people!

14th Feb 2008, 04:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,835 Reputation: 1998 Rep Power: 37	specs of the old computer please? __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

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Zenphic Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 905 Reputation: 331 Rep Power: 6	did you check your Bios to see if that drive was detected?

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Krylon Newbie Join Date: 12 Feb 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	The BIOS does not see the drives, however the drives work in my other PC, but that wouldn't explain why the external USB drive isn't recognized within Windows.. It sees my External USB HDD, so I know it's not the USB ports.

14th Feb 2008, 05:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
Krylon Newbie Join Date: 12 Feb 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	hmm...well...it would have to be the MB...since there isn't a way to put a new OS on it because it wont read the CDRom to install the OS.