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  • March 20, 2007 at 11:12 am
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      One of my laptops (Averatec 35000)can no longer see the cd drive (slimtype combo SOSC-2483k) Device manager says “windows successfully loaded the drivers for this hardware but cannot find the device”
      The drive seems to be connected as it trys to read a cd so obviously has power,as far as im aware a cd drive doesnt need any drivers other than those supplied with windows (using xp by the way),any one have any ideas for a fix? or is the drive fooked.

      have tried removing the device and rebooting but get the “windows successfully guff again”:yakk:

      March 20, 2007 at 11:14 am
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        sometimes laptops have specialist drivers for their hardware :crazy:

        has the drive not worked for a while and has it lived with a smoker?

        March 20, 2007 at 11:23 am
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          had a hunt on the web seems it dont need specialist drivers,yes it lives with a moderate:groucho::groucho: smoker lol

          March 20, 2007 at 11:30 am
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            have you tried a CD cleaner disc on it :groucho: could just be a dirty lens – nicotine does that to computers….

            March 20, 2007 at 11:34 am
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              Yeah Raj tried that,just looked in the bios too and its not there 🙁 spose its fooked then :((

              thanks for your help thoughraaa

              March 20, 2007 at 11:39 am
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                If you looked in the bios and its not there but it powers up its your bios setup that is causing the problem…

                Can you access the bios setup menu and activate the CD drive from there? there is usually a way of doing this

                If not can you wait for a few hours while I get hold of the guy who fixes my laptop? He may be able to talk us both through it…:groucho:

                March 20, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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                  Ha Sussed it I am Invincible lol lol,Delete upper and lower values for cd rom in regedit sorts it out nicely,For future use details are here

                  http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272544

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