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I've finally installed a cd drive after a year or so since I made my PC and now it's not recognizing it. The drive is nowhere to be found under Device Manager and nothing happens when I insert a CD.

I'm currently running on Windows 10.
 
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Is it SATA or PATA?

A stupid thing to check. Make sure the cable is plugged into the drive and motherboard properly. Try a different power connector, since I've seen faulty connectors. Also check which SATA connector on the motherboard your using. You may be plugged into a RAID controller that is disabled or something stupid like that. You want just a regular SATA connector.

Next when booting enter the bios and check to see that the drive is detected. If so you're good to go and it should show up automatically in windows. You want to keep checking the BIOS until it's detected. If you still can't get it going it could be a faulty drive which is rare.
 
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Well the sata cable is brand new I've kept it in a plastic bag until now so I doubt that's the case. I did check again and flipped the cable to see if it helped in any way. Also, now my side fan decided to stop working?
 
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After taking a trip to the BIOS the CD drive seems to be magically working now but the side fan still isn't working. It was fine before installing the drive.
 
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You can disable fan speed controllers in the bios and everything will go full blast. Do you have any fan speed controllers built into your case? Also is the fan plugged into the motherboard or direct to the power supply?

It's rare for a new fan to die. If you can't get it working try wiggling the cable and connector to look for a faulty cable.
 
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The fan is connected to the front fan controller, for some odd reason if I lower the speeds of the fan then the fan's lights turn on but it still refuses to move. The controller itself never controlled the fan speeds though.
 
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I'll give it a shot first thing tomorrow, thanks for the help.
 
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