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CD-rewriter not reading cd's

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by jaimecolon65

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I have a dvd-drive and a cdrw drive but my cdrw drive does not detect or read cd's when inserted.

The computer detects there is a cdrw and assigns it a letter and when you send the eject function from within windows to cdrw it does work.

Any suggestions on where to start?

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by polar100

Once you check the jumpers and make sure they are correct, if this does not work. I would take the cd-rw and put it on its own IDE channel and set it as a master. I have one at home that will only work if it is set like this. If that does not work then you need to contact the manufacturer and run a cd drive cleaner through it.
Hope this helps.

by otl

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Ever cleaned the lens, using a lens cleaning CD?

Had same problem could see CD rom but no CD acknowledged, OEM said send system to them for repair. My fix was buy a new CD-RW (doubled the speed), theirs makes a great bookend.

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