Computer doesnt detect cd'roms
 

i have win 2000 and it doesnt detect the cd'roms and it doesnt show them in my computer what can i do? also i have no cd's to install the burner and dvd so they show up in my computer

check your IDE cable and power cable which connects to your cd rom drive. Make sure that the proper settings such as master or slave is chosen correctly. I was thinking that you may have to install your drivers on your cd rom. But you are using win2000 and this specific operating system should automatically install the drivers for you. Who makes this cd rom drive, try to go to there home page and look up your specific drive and download the drivers. Or your cd rom drive can be corrupted and you may need a new one. You don't need cd's to install the burner or dvd, windows should automatically detect this hardware.
Thats all i can think of right now, hope this helps, if i get more info i can possibly try to help you out a bit more.

i dotn have a cd rom i only have burner and dvd thats all and when i start wondows it sais that its found but how come it doesnt show up in my computer the letter.

what shows up when u click on "My Computer"

when i go into my computer it just shows c drive thats all and the control panel folder when i go to add hardware device it shows the two componenets and shows this ! i tried installing but it sais "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)"

u need to get win2000 drivers for it to work. and some of them will not work under win2000.

get win xp professional.

90ls
erassi@hotmail.com

yea it does the computer was just reinstalled and when i start it it sais the 2 drivers are found but they dont show up in my computer

the burner and dvd is made by samsung where do i get the drivers

what make is ure computer.

some manufacturers have updated drivers for different O/S on their web site.

if its a no name, try browsing around samsung's web site .

90ls
erassi@hotmail.com

Doesn't sound like a drivers problem to me.

I suppose it works before and it just started to act like this!?

I would check the pwr of both drives 1st.

One quick check while you system is on...

Press the eject button on both Burner and DVD Drive.

If both devices have pwr. the drive trays should open regardless.

If both drives aren't reponding..open up your case. Check all the cables connection (i.e. Pwr and IDE/SCSI cable).

Other things I want you to pay attention to is...during the boot up process. Do u see a screen that show all the BIOS info. If so, it should tell you if the BIOS can actually detect both your Burner and DVD Drive.

Please let me know the result and we go from there!

regards,
Mugen C

Is the device in the Windows 2000 HCL..

Look...

[window]www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl/[/window]