computer help

[pikey21]

ok i just got a new cd-rw drive and my pc wont recognise it i have tried every thing. aney ideas?

thanks:confused:

[elite ATV1]

did it come with any Software?? if so run it and it should automaticly install it should have came with a Nero Disk or somthing of that sort

[pikey21]

tried that it dosent even know the driver is there

[elite ATV1]

are all of your Plugs in Tightly and connted to the MB tight ur gray Ribion may be bad and need to be replaced at that problem with me HD's try replacing the Ribbion

[pikey21]

ya all the plugs a tight and it came with a new ribon

[elite ATV1]

u put the new ribbion on? if so mabe it is the CD-RW it self it mgiht be faulty if worse comes to work then take it back and get another one i tought of everything it could be sorry:huh

[Butters]

try to go to control panel then system and go to devices or whatever it is with the list of stuff and try to refresh it. you may need to check out microsofts website for a driver on the windows updates.

[LazeR]

You have to show it where the drivers are on the cd.

[DillonTMNT]

What operating system do you have? If XP it should reconize it. Might sound stupid but did you try to restart your computer since you installed it? Like has been said before...update your xp. Also get sp2 (service pack 2) if you dont have it yet. Also what is the brand and model number of this cdrw drive? You said it came with a ribbon cable? I am guessing that is the IDE...try installing the older one. Look at the prongs on everything...if some are messed up that could be your problem. Is the actual drive getting power?




-Dillon

[ballisticpb]

if system does not see the CDROM drive it could be jumperd wrong. one drive on the cable needs to be set at master and one on slave. does it see any cdrom or just not the new one??? cdrom drives do not need drivers the only thing that CDRW's require are a burning software.

[pikey21]

sorry guys iv tried all that im probly gonna take it to a teck :(

more money gone

[pikey21]

is eney one here by chance a teck on dose eney one know a good one :confused:

[YFZ450Ridr]

u might have to go online and look for an update to support it. happened to me on my new computer and i updated some of my software and it worked fine.

[ballisticpb]

I am a computer tech. Does you computer see any CDROM drives at all??