Cd In Cd Drive Not Being Detected

**wasup** · 04-07-2007 10:50 PM

I put a CD in my CD drive, nothing happens. I look in the my computer thing, nothing is there. So what's going on

**Gwendolyn** · 04-08-2007 02:19 AM

Is it overly scrached or anything? If it is, that may be your problem....

**ultrasonicsite** · 04-08-2007 05:05 AM

Also, check to make sure that the CD drive is even detected and functioning in the hardware list. If it has an exclamation point (I believe) something is wrong with it.

**Ne-yo** · 04-09-2007 04:12 PM

If you are getting that yellow (&#33

as ultrasonicsite mentioned then you may want to check the device manager to make sure it's working properly. If you don't see (&#33

Then it should be in the disk management console or you may have a bad drive.

**decojones** · 04-09-2007 04:35 PM

If you can play any other disc in that same drive then its most likely not the drive. If its a dvd, maybe you dont have the right drivers.. If your drive doesnt show up in mycomputer either your drive is messed up or your drivers are screwed.

**wasup** · 06-27-2007 04:00 AM

Okay, in the device manager there is indeed the yellow !. But, I don't know what to do at that point.

**Replicon** · 07-01-2007 10:23 PM

Often, it's just a matter of deleting the device from the device mangler, and letting it re-detect (maybe you need to make sure it's properly plugged in?)

The drive on my laptop came a little loose one time, and I just needed to push it back in. On a desktop, it's a bit more complicated hehe.

**wasup** · 07-02-2007 12:22 AM

Well, I did uninstall it and "reinstall it" but it still doesn't work

the ! is still there

**Replicon** · 07-02-2007 04:59 AM

What does the ! say anyway? (i.e. when you check the properties of it)

**wasup** · 07-02-2007 06:46 PM

a bunch of technical stuff

**Replicon** · 07-02-2007 09:20 PM

....and the technical stuff is? Is it readable english, or memory addresses, like 0xDEADBEEF?

**wasup** · 07-03-2007 02:08 AM

Device Status:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device

**Replicon** · 07-03-2007 07:17 AM

I don't suppose the drive included a link to drivers or something... I know some CD drives are fickle like that (but that was back in the older days).

**Ynot** · 07-03-2007 01:31 PM

check the jumpers on the back of the drive
use cable select if it's available

**Replicon** · 07-03-2007 04:20 PM

Something else we all neglected to ask (though come on, you shoulda been more descriptive from the start):

Is this a NEW computer (or a newly-installed drive), or did it just stop working all of a sudden?

**wasup** · 07-03-2007 08:36 PM

It's a pretty new computer. And yes, it stopped working all of a sudden.

**Ynot** · 07-03-2007 09:23 PM

have you moved the drive at all (changed the data cable)?

**wasup** · 07-04-2007 02:34 AM

I doubt it, I've never touched stuff like that.

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