CD Rom problems

[Kenneth Brown]

My CD player for the pooter has quit on me. It spins for a second or two and then quits. I get an error notice. Any ideas? They don't cost too much nowadays, how hard is it to replace? I have replaced modems but nothing else.

 

[Bart Sr.]

Re: CD Rom problems

I took my sweet time on mine and it was over in ten minutes.I read the instructions twice before I started.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: CD Rom problems

Simple as riding a mechanical horse KB <br /><br />It'd be a no brainer, especially since you already have one installed. Just make sure the jumper is selected the same way as your old one.

 

[Realgun]

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Go god people tell him the truth.<br />1. Buy a new Drive.<br /> To remove the old drive there might be 4 screws on it. Two to each side.<br />1. Remove the screws.<br />1a. If the drive has rails on both sides there will be release pins on each side of drive.<br />Remove the drive and take off the drive rails.<br /><br />On the rear of the drive there are TWO cables.<br /> -Grey and thin<br /> -white plug with 4 wires.<br />Look closely at both.<br />3. Remove them gently try not to tug on wires.<br />on the rear of the drive you will see a block that looks like this<br /><br />:::: Above this you may see<br /><br />MA SL and CBSEL <br />-Master<br />-Slave<br />-Cable select<br />there will be a small jumper that is a block about 1/4" square with a wire inside. This wire connect two pins together.<br />As stated above make sure you new drive matches the old drive.<br /><br />Now the 4 wire connector has a D shape to it and only goes in the drive 1 way. <br />Pkug it in.<br />The grey wire has a keyway and a red or black edge. Make sure you have this oriented and insert into new drive.<br />Put it back with the same screws you removed.<br /><br />There are no drivers for the new drive windows will install it automaticallly.<br /><br />There are drivers and software for other thing such as DVD or CDRW. This will come in the box and you will install after you install drive.<br />Hope this helps.<br /><br /> Building a Computer an article I wrote for fun and profit!

 

[PierBridge]

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What kind of computer and Operating system do you have...?<br /><br />I would sudjest a DVD/CD burner they are real affordable.

 

[jimalsk]

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It's easier than putting gas in your boat. What Realgun said.

 

[rwise]

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Don't forget about the audio cable as well, and is it SCSI or IDE. (most likely IDE) If its a compaq it may only have 2 screews holding it in.<br />should be a piece of cake to change.

 

[Realgun]

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Rwise with Windows XP no need for that cable unless you want to listen from the front headphone jack.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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Its a Compaq Presario with a cd burner. I am thinking about a dvd/cd burner since I am at that point anyhow.

 

[AK_Chappy]

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Realgun,<br />That was a very good article. I have built a couple of systems myself. Good walkthrough.<br /><br />AK Chappy

 

[Realgun]

Re: CD Rom problems

Thankyou AK. I am a Mircron certified tech. I consider myself a hardware guru. Software basically meeses up hardware.