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Hey, anybody know much aout fixing computers? My Drivers for my two CD-ROM drives broke or something, but they aren't working. My friend who works on computers said to delete the driver, shut down the computer, then un-plug the drives. Start it back up, then shut it down and plug them back in then start it up, and he said it would find them and re-install it. I tried this, but after I remove the drivers the computer freezes and when I start it up, the drivers are still there. Anybody know how to fix this? Or do I need a new computer?
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Anialater wrote:
> It is the Hard Disk controller. But it controlles my CD-ROMs too
WTF.
You um, wha?
> It is the Hard Disk controller. But it controlles my CD-ROMs too
WTF.
You um, wha?
Okay, its the Hard Disk controller, it makes my CD-ROMs work, but it isn't working right, so I try un-installing them, but the computer freezes and it doesn't un-install them.
I got lost at HDD controller.
So someone who apparently made £400 over the holidays repairing computers doesn't even realise that we're talking about an IDE controller here? Ri-ight.
Anialater, open up the computer (with it switched off of course), pull out the power cable to the drive and the IDE cable, that being the big ribbon cable. Turn on the computer. Let it boot up and do whatever it needs to. Then turn off and reattach the cables.
That should trigger it recognising the drives.
Anialater, open up the computer (with it switched off of course), pull out the power cable to the drive and the IDE cable, that being the big ribbon cable. Turn on the computer. Let it boot up and do whatever it needs to. Then turn off and reattach the cables.
That should trigger it recognising the drives.
You'd have to look at in person.
I will try that, the power cable is the wide skiny gray wire, isn't it?
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> So someone who apparently made £400 over the holidays repairing
> computers doesn't even realise that we're talking about an IDE
> controller here? Ri-ight.
Why didn't he just say IDE cable rather then HDD controller thing which makes no sense.
It's like saying that fan thingym that could be the system fan, fan and heat sink, power pack.
Prrft.
> So someone who apparently made £400 over the holidays repairing
> computers doesn't even realise that we're talking about an IDE
> controller here? Ri-ight.
Why didn't he just say IDE cable rather then HDD controller thing which makes no sense.
It's like saying that fan thingym that could be the system fan, fan and heat sink, power pack.
Prrft.
Anialater wrote:
> I will try that, the power cable is the wide skiny gray wire, isn't
> it?
IDE cables are the bigger ones, either round or about 4cm across, power cables are black, red,yello etc.
> I will try that, the power cable is the wide skiny gray wire, isn't
> it?
IDE cables are the bigger ones, either round or about 4cm across, power cables are black, red,yello etc.
I couldn't find that word, you know, I had a brain fart you could say.
Anyways i'm off to watch my family (the program :P )
Hop you get it sorted m8.
Ciao.
Hop you get it sorted m8.
Ciao.
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