Re: Dude !! Never Buy a Dell !!!

Then never buy a computer from most any major OEM.
They normally will not support the computer with a different operating system and there is often no practical way they can.
This is probably spelled out in your warranty.

As for your problem,
Reseat the cable.
Try another cable.
Try the cable on another controller.
Try another CD drive.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Girish Wadhwani" <Girish Wadhwani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9F5D7E8E-95CA-4A5E-A0E1-8A8C34A5F637@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK !! So brought a Dell Dimension. (had a great price though)
installed Windows Server 2003
Worked great for 3 Months... No problems

So, today i popped in a cd rom, and viola.. my E Drive went missing.. where
the heck is my E drive, I think.

Looking in Device manager, it was sitting with the yellow exlamation marks..
Ok
go to Dell site, download the Driver, and then when installing the Driver,
it complains, that the CD drive is missing, Darn, thing.. I can see it and
the Software tells me its Missing.. now i am sort getting pissed off..

So. I uninstall the Driver, which is not working anyways.. (!) & reboot .
God bless Reboots.. it fixes all our problems..
But Not Today.. still the (!)

Then, i Bring up the Computer in Safe mode, do the Last Know Good config
thingy..
Still no luck

Open the PC, Check Cables, -- everything looks good, drive is spinning and
has power ..

Now i am Pissed !!!

Then i call Dell.. here the sweet thing, they say, that They CANNOT support
it after 30 minutes listening to some crappy music..
the Reason they cannot fix it, because i uninstalled XP home. and get this
CD Rom will not work correctly with 2003 Server so you need to go back to the
Software which came with the PC . On hearing that i keep the phone down (I
would have loved to see that Techs Face at that time)

You guys are my last Resort !! Please Help

How do i get my CD ROM to Come back to life.. ooh yeah and also my mapped
DVD drive from my laptop just stopped working on this machine..

Don't know whats going on .. but i am sleepy now... (11:40 PM) yawn..

Do Help

Girish

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