Re: CD-Rom not recognized in: BIOS or Device Mgr. or my computer
- From: milleron <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:44:12 -0500
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:45:00 -0800, sgopus
<sgopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
it's possible that removing it, also removed the drivers for it, you might
have no choice but to pay the bucks, I would try looking on their website to
see if their is any mention of needing drivers to access the CD
Take a look at this doc
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YRPZ7
it does talk of needing specific drivers for the cd drive, and gives a
location to download them.
I can't imagine how drivers have anything to do with this. OP
couldn't even boot from the device. Doing that requires no drivers.
In other words, the drive fails BEFORE it ever gets to Windows, where
the drivers are.
This is either a BIOS problem (seems unlikely at this point), the
connector, or the motherboard. Problems with the drive were ruled out
when OP swapped the drive with a known-good one. If BIOS settings
have not been returned to "default" yet, that would be my next
troubleshooting step. If that does nothing, then it's probably going
to be necessary to send it to Lenovo if it's under warranty or a
Lenovo-certified repair shop if not.
Ron
"peter on stilts" wrote:.
Good idea PA:
I changed the boot order and enabled the CD-Rom in the BIOS and it would
not boot using the XP installation cd. :( still not working
I have called Lenovo and they want to charge me 70$ for 1 call. I know
the drive worked within the last month and it spins up fine, no weird noise
or anything. just needs to be recognized....
"Pavel A." wrote:
It's a good idea, by the way - just to make sure that the CD is connected
properly and detected by BIOS, try to boot off it.
Next step can be calling Lenovo support, you've payed for it...
Regards,
--PA
"peter on stilts" <peteronstilts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And to clarify, I just looked on the machine with the working drive and I
dont see any configuration options in the BIOS (except boot order options) so
maybe not seeing the CD-Rom in the BIOS isnt actually a problem. I still do
have the BIG problem of not seeing the drive when the OS is loaded.......
anywere (yeah its a mystery)
Regarding Anti-Virus: I've completly disabled, or uninstalled or removed
from starting in the system tray anything that might be involved.
(insert the soundtrack to any odd suspense film here)
~Peter
"peter on stilts" wrote:
Help ;)
I've got a IBM Thinkpad R40 laptop that the CD-Rom is not recognized in
the system properties or BIOS or Control Panel or Add new hardware etc...
I think that my friend selected the CD-Rom within the 'Safely Remove
Hardware' option in the system tray and now I've LOST it :) It's as if the
system disabled that port or something.
I switched the drive with a known working drive (exact same model) and
nothing is different, (no Windows auto detect, not an option to add a CD-Rom
in add hardware in control panel, nothing.....).
There are entrys in the registry for CD-Rom and I looked at the links to
the issue with High and Low Filters and I used Doug Knox's utility but
they've not fixed the issue.
All help is welcome!! I work in technology so I'm willing to try
detailed steps without fear.
Thanks in advance
~Peter
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