BIOS Detects CD-ROM Windows ME Doesn't

Jim Smith · #1 October 25th, 2006, 11:45 PM

The BIOS detects the CD-ROM and the green LED lights when booting. But neither My Computer nor Explore display it. ME did display the CD-ROM until recently. Don't think any changes were made to the PC.

Ran AVG which didn't find a virus. Tomorrow I'll take in a ME boot disc w/CD support and a CD with data and see what happens.

**Tweaker** · #2 October 26th, 2006, 09:03 AM

Hello Jim

Do you see any entry in the device manager? That would be start/settings/control panel/system/hardware/device manager. There should be an entry showing the cdrom. Also are there any exclamation points showing?

If it's not listed try to add it with Add/Remove Hardware in the control panel.

Jim Smith · #3 October 26th, 2006, 07:20 PM

Both primary and secondary IDE controller software have a yellow exclamation mark in device manager. Updating the drivers run but accomplishes nothing as the system claims the latest drivers are installed. The system is running so slow I am about ready to throw the PC off the roof.

Running scandisk now. So far found 167,000 bytes of file 'fragments." Hope I can find a recent checkpoint I can restore to which I suppose I'll try next.

**Tweaker** · #4 October 26th, 2006, 09:37 PM

You might want to try deleting the items in Device Mgr and restart and let Windows re-install the hardware, see if that helps.

Jim Smith · #5 October 27th, 2006, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tweaker

You might want to try deleting the items in Device Mgr and restart and let Windows re-install the hardware, see if that helps.

I have forgotten much about ME. There isn't any Device Manager entry for the CD-ROM. I suppose I can remove the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller but will ME reload the drivers without the installation disk (which I haven't found)? Does ME have a sfc function and if so how do I execute it?

There is only one checkpoint and system restore will not restore to that checkpoint. I ran FreeMem and freed up 96 MB of memory took no other action and a few minutes later available memory was 0.

Tried to run HouseCall to check for malware but the system hung twice when trying to install the required Java code.

When I find the installation CD, can I re:install ME without damaging the user applications and data?

**Tweaker** · #6 October 27th, 2006, 09:39 PM

Have you tried Add Hardware in the control panel?

What is the make of the cdrom? You may be able to get the drivers from the Manufacturer site.

RRBKTechMan · #7 November 17th, 2006, 05:38 PM

Check and see if one ide condroller is bad. Plug ur cdrom into the primary ide controller. and check your jumger settings >.> Huge conflict if their both a master or slave. Id set ur HD to cabel select and cd rom to slave