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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: fraziercara on December 28, 2008, 08:54:08 PM
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I have two disc drives--one that reads cds & dvds and one that reads and also burns them. Neither of these will recognize that a disc is even in there--when I try to play the disc or open the file it says "please insert a disc." The dvd burner drive does show how much disc space is available if there is a disc in, and when I try to open it, the menu that should show the disc contents is empty. This happened after we took our computer on a long trip to have a different issue addressed--could something have been jostled loose? Or is it more complicated than that? Any ideas?
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Open a side panel and check the IDE cable is snug both at the drive end and the MBoard end...
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I'm sorry...is that the flat, wide cable or the three little wires, red white & black...because those are the ones I've been messing with and one has been completely unplugged this whole time...but I out it back in and the problem remains... thank you and I'm sorry I am so ignorant about this!
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The ribbon cable is the IDE or data cable...
The other connectors are the power connectors. You may have to try another power connector. They do sell extensions if it's a little short.