ACER CDRW HELP!!!!!

[Oddball454]

I have an older computer (233) with 64mb ram and got a 10x4x32 acer cdrw. Installation was a snap. Upon bootup i saw that the cdrw was recognized and it finished loading windows. When i went to My computer i saw that the extra drive was installed, and given a new letter. The problem is that i cant access the drive. It wont auto-run either. when i click on the drive it acts like there is no cd in the drive. If there is anyone that can help please. Thanks Kyle

 

[Rhi]

Well if you know your jumpers are set correctly, BIOS doesnt have that IDE disabled, power is hooked up, and you used an appropriate IDE cable...I'd say the burner is defective?

I think we need some system specs...OS, etc.

I had the craziest problem once...Win2K. Had EasyCD creator installed...uninstalled it and BAM...all my cd drivers are gone. Damned program.

-Rhi

 

[Oddball454]

Its running the old version of Win95 and doesnt have usb support or plug n play.

 

[HdwGuy]

I have the 8X4X32 Acer drive and the thing about that one is that it likes to be a Master device or it will not work. If yours is a slave try changing it to a Master.

Good Luck

 

[Oddball454]

The cdrw is the master drive and the cdrom is the slave. The cdrw is the first plug on the ribbon and the rom is last.

 

[Rhi]

That just might be your problem. The Master should be the last IDE connection on the ribbon, Slave in the middle.

-Rhi

 

[Oddball454]

The cdrw shows up in the bios as the master drive and the rom as slave anything else i can check?

thanks for all the help

 

[Rhi]

Make sure that the master is the LAST IDE connection. Slave should be middle. Regardless of what your Bios says. Do it now! 😛 Of course, make sure your jumpers are set correspondingly.

-Rhi