Is this mainboard trouble if DVD/CDRW ...???

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Knight wrote:

> I found that my notebook DVD/CDRW works at PIO mode, and is dumb at
> "DMA if available".
> When I open CD at windows explorer, it popop out "I/O device error".
> Does this mean mainboard or chipset defect?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
Things to try, doing one thing at a time and testing after each change:

1. Swap out the ribbon cable for a known working one. Make sure cable
and power supply connections are snug.

2. Attach the drive to a different IDE connector on the motherboard.

3. Try the drive in a different computer.

4. Try a different, known-working drive in the original computer.

This will help you narrow down where the trouble lies.

Malke
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Knight wrote:

> Hi,
> I said that it is a NOTEBOOK computor.
>
Sorry, I missed that. The same information goes (test drive in another
laptop or connected to a desktop w/laptop-IDE adapter or test w/a
different laptop drive in your machine) if the cd drive is a removable
one. If not, contact the notebook mftr. for replacement since there is
a good chance the drive and/or the motherboard IDE connector has
failed.

Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User