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CDRW and HDD LEDs stay on; CD tray won't open

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mattgyver

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I noticed that the LED on my CDRW stayed on constantly and the HD activity light stayed on also. I rebooted once, and it went back to normal. Then they started staying on again, and a reboot wouldn't fix it. I tried several different things and nothing worked. Then I realized the CD tray wouldn't open. So now I have no idea what's going on. Anyone have any ideas?
Specs:
KT7 RAID mobo
Athlon 1gig proc
old Plextor 8x burner
20 gig WD HDD

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Installed new IDE cable, and I'm still having the same problem. I have another CD-ROM on the same cable; the CD-ROM shows up in Windows, but neither show up in BIOS. What the hell is going on?
 
Everytime I've seen this it's either a reversed IDE cable (which is hard to do now since most are keyed) or a bad IDE cable. Are you using 40 or 80 wire cables?
 
I believe they're 80 wire. Hmmm. . . could be a bad cable. I've got a spare cable lying around somewhere I could try, but it'll have to wait till tomorrow--I'm going to bed. Oh, and thanks, Mike! 🙂
 
Weird--it shows up in bios but nowhere else. I'm going to try a different cable this evening--but it's off to work for now. Thanks for the help!
 
Originally posted by: Budman
old Plextor 8x burner
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It's old,just let it die in peace.

go buy yourself a new 52X lite-on cdrw,what are they now? like 30$

not worth the trouble just buy a new one. 😉
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Point well taken. . . But what explains the HDD activity light staying on? It's on a separate cable on a separate IDE channel. Hmmmm. . . . . .

 
When I unplug that drive the activity light goes off. Guess that settles it. Are there any other suggestions other than "buy a new drive"? What could be wrong with it other than it "went bad"?
 
Is there any other way I can check to be sure it's the drive that's bad? I'd like to be sure before I spend money on a new drive.
 
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