intermittant connection to cd drive
neogeo0823
Deep within the bowels of a sperm whale
ok, so i thought this was a malware problem, but apparently its not. for details on that adventure, for those who might wish to know, please visit this thread: http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56219
now, onto the problem. i have a laptop that keeps "losing sight" of the cd drive. throughout the day it will suddenly lose its connection to it and regain this connection at random. its become such a problem that i cant even keep it around long enough to install anything from a cd anymore.
what do you guys think i should do? i have the tools to open it up(assuming theres no "special" toolhead needed) and im also good with a soldering iron if i need to solder a loose connection back onto the board.
im open to all opinions, suggestions, and directions. if it matters, i have a compaq presario R3000 series laptop.
now, onto the problem. i have a laptop that keeps "losing sight" of the cd drive. throughout the day it will suddenly lose its connection to it and regain this connection at random. its become such a problem that i cant even keep it around long enough to install anything from a cd anymore.
what do you guys think i should do? i have the tools to open it up(assuming theres no "special" toolhead needed) and im also good with a soldering iron if i need to solder a loose connection back onto the board.
im open to all opinions, suggestions, and directions. if it matters, i have a compaq presario R3000 series laptop.
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From the software perspective, you could upgrade the storage drivers or even reformat the system adn satrt from scratch, but only after you have ruled out the hardware possibility.
as for kryyst's suggestion, why the linux program? im not horribly savvy on operating systems, but its been my experience that windows works pretty well, and ive never really felt the need to switch to another one.
ok, as an experiment, i just put my cd for microsoft office into the drive. this would autoplay the installation program, as it does on any other computer, but when i put it into the drive, i hear it spin up, then spin down after a few seconds. if i go to "my computer", i see the C drive, but not the D, or cd, drive. sometimes, however, it will autoplay and i will be able to see it in the window. it just randomly happens.
im fairly certain that its not a virus thing, because ive run, at last count, 8 different programs, both through here and other sources, mostly tech head friends, and everythings turned up nothing.
I beg to differ...
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00057185.pdf
BTW, your response needs to be re-evaluated...im fairly certain that the drive isnt removable, ....though, im not sure
The linux program is a live version. What that means is that the entire thing runs off the cd. Nothing is installed on your computer and your hard drive isn't accessed. The reason for testing with a live cd verison of an OS is that it's great for testing hardware. 1st it requires more resources (cpu/ram etc...) and it doesn't leave anything behind so you can test various things outside of your existing drivers that windows used.
So, in your case if you can boot up to the live cd and run it continuously that means that your hardware is working, in which case it's some software issue in windows that is causing your Optical Drive to vanish. It's all about trouble shooting the problem.
@ kryyst: the problem with that is that i can only burn things when the cd drive is there. its become so random and unpredictable, that it could stop dissapear and disconnect halfway through burning something to disk, for example, which was what prompted to begin trying to find an answer to this problem.