computer not reading dvd burner?

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  1. jellz77

    jellz77 Member

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    I currently have an internal dvd burner installed on my pc. worked fine for months and today the computer isnt reading that its installed. any ideas i'm going nuts?????
     
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    is there an exclamation mark in device manager & is there an error code?? does the computer see the drive?
     
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    I am having the same problem. In device manager I do have an exclamation mark, no error code. My drive is NOT seen in 'my computer' but is recognized in the BIOS. Now what??? I have unplugged it from the mobo and rebooted, then pulugged it back in and rebooted to see it would be seen as new hardware. No change! Any suggestions?
     
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    uninstall the drive or the ide port that has the exclamation mark in device manager than restart windows so it can load the driver for that device.
     
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    I unistalled the drivers through device manager, restarted my computer and it still won't see a drive letter and still has the exclamation mark in the device manager. Is it a lost cause???
     
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    where is the exclamation mark located in the device manager??
     
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    Under DVD/CD-ROM drive and in front of _NEC DVD_RW nd-1300A
     
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    what drives are on what cables & what are they jumpered as in master, slave or cable select??
     
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    I just love it when people ask a question and don't come back to respond to the help attempts, in response to the the original question. :)
     
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    My HDD is on the primary IDE and my CD/DVD is in the secondary IDE. They each are set for cable select. One device per IDE slot.
     
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