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CD/DVD player not showing in device manager

Started by simonelks , Mar 10 2008 03:00 PM

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simonelks

Posted 10 March 2008 - 03:00 PM

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Hi I have a Packard Bell Easy Note. Last month my CD/DVD player stopped showing in"My Computer" and in device manager had a yellow traingle by it. Someone installed a program called error expert on my computer and that fixed it. Today my cd/DVD player is not showing on "My Computer" nor in the device manager. How do I fix it?

After reding other similar topics I have been into the BIOS bypressing F2 at the start up and it shows

IDE Primary St9301SA which I assume is my C drive
IDE Secondary Disabled.

I have not done anything else. Hope this helps

Edited by simonelks, 10 March 2008 - 03:21 PM.

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Neil Jones

Posted 10 March 2008 - 03:48 PM

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If there is no option in the BIOS to toggle auto-detection of the IDE Secondary, then your CD unit looks like it's died. If the BIOS cannot see a drive or device, nothing else in the computer will either.