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paulek   02-12-2003 at 08:57:26 PM

Both my CD-ROM drive and my floppy drive will not recognize any disks that I put into them. I am running Windows 98. Device Manager says that the drives are there and functioning properly. I deleted them and did a restart and reinstall to no avail. I can use the "eject" command on my CD-ROM drive just fine. Also, when I attempt to open my floppy drive, I can here it working. They just will not recognize any disks. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thank you.

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jihiggs   02-12-2003 at 10:18:54 PM
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replaced the cables?

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

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paulek   02-13-2003 at 03:45:13 AM
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I haven't tried that because both drives started acting up at the same time. Thank you for your help though.

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svol   02-14-2003 at 05:09:22 PM
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Try installing the latest chipset drivers.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dimms when I turn it on :eek:

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UsHeR_564   02-16-2003 at 07:53:45 PM
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What motherboard are you using? I've had a [-peep-] load of problems with CDROM drives in the last year. Funny thing is that's about the time I started using ECS boards with SiS chipsets. Sent two of them back for replacement, which fixed the problem. Just curious.

UsHeR_564

PS, also, what brand CDROM drives are they? I just had 2 out of 4 CREATIVE drives to [-peep-] the bed in the last month! (less than 3 month old)

Seem to have better luck with Acer/BenQ drives than most of the other "low priced" drives.

"You can run, but your punk ass will only die tired!" www.ftrdesign.com/nocasetoo

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