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CD & DVD Drives Disappeared (plus)

Started by average , Oct 09 2008 07:14 PM

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average

Posted 09 October 2008 - 07:14 PM

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Recently my computer hs been shutting off randomly without warning. If it isnt unplugged and then plugged in again it cant be turned on. At 1st i thought it might be a virus or the fans needed cleaning but i find that if i bounce (shake) the tower even slightly it shuts off too which leads me to think it may be some wire loose in there. i havent a clue as to how to go about resolving this so if anyone out there has any suggestions i would welcome them. Secondly in an effort to solve the above problem i had unplugged some wires in the tower and plugged them in again (leading to the cd and dvd drives)and now i notice that when i want to play a cd there is no CD or DVD drive. In "my computer" all i see is the C-drive, no E (DVD) or F (CD) drive. The yellow question mark or exclamation mark i hear people talking about is not present in device manager. HELP !!!

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happyrock

Posted 17 October 2008 - 06:24 AM

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first thing to try is unplug the computer from the wall...open case and unplug both optical drives and reconnect them...
make sure you get the data cable/s seated all the way in..