CD-R drive wont work or open

It is not a good sign if you can not even get your CD-R drive to physically open its CD tray. Depending on your hardware familiarity, you may want to open up your case, check all connections (power/data). Have you been having the problem for a while? Install any new burner software besides Easy CD creator? Rebooted several times to find the same situation?

You just may have a Dead CD-R drive on your hands.

Paul M. Chavez

Shut off the PC, and disconnect the 40 pin cable from the CD drive.

Startup the PC, and see if you can open the CD door.
Also, the light on the CD drive should flash on.

If this does not work, try another power connector for the drive.

If the drive does not open, the drive is dead, and you need to either purchase a new drive, or take the drive in for warrenty exchange.

If the drive works with the IDE cable disconnected, verify that their is not a conflict with another IDE device onthe cable.
(Try booting up with just the CD drive connected to the IDE cable.)
Also, try a new cable.
If the drive doesn't work when reconnected to the motherboard, then it is likely that the IDE controler on your motherboard has failed.

I would replace the motherboard. If that is not in your budget at this time, you can get a PCI IDE controller card for under $30.

If the problem is a connected device, make sure 1 is set to master, and the other to slave.
If so, it is possible that the other device is bad.

Let me know where you get from here.

Chas

I would totally remove the CDR drive in its entirety. (Even from Device Manager) Then, reboot. Shut down. Reinstall, and it should find your CD-R again. Also, Remove Adaptec from Add/Remove Programs, and after reinstalling drive, reinstall this.If this does not fix it, beg borrow, or steal (or hell, just buy one for $40 off of pricewatch) a good CDRW, and try it... its all about the trouble shooting... good luck

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