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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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I unpluged the pwer and am booting it up, i'll look for the exact name of the driver.
ÈL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> 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.
An IDE controller is part of the chipset on the motherboard and deals with handling the data for all IDE devices. It is not to do with anything other than IDE devices. If the driver for it screws up then you have problems. If his hard drive is working then I think he might be able to get away without reinstalling the driver if he can find it.
It isn't a cable.
> 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.
An IDE controller is part of the chipset on the motherboard and deals with handling the data for all IDE devices. It is not to do with anything other than IDE devices. If the driver for it screws up then you have problems. If his hard drive is working then I think he might be able to get away without reinstalling the driver if he can find it.
It isn't a cable.
ÈL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Anyways i'm off to watch my family (the program :P )
>
> Hop you get it sorted m8.
>
> Ciao.
Thanks for the help.
> Anyways i'm off to watch my family (the program :P )
>
> Hop you get it sorted m8.
>
> Ciao.
Thanks for the help.
Ok, i found it, its the one with the red, black and yellow wires, the other plugs into the motherboard.
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.
I couldn't find that word, you know, I had a brain fart you could say.
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.
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.
I will try that, the power cable is the wide skiny gray wire, isn't it?
You'd have to look at in person.
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