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Fifteen
04-04-2008, 07:34 PM
well, the cd drive fell out of my laptop..and I put it back it and the light comes up on it and I can hear the disc spinning around but it doesn't come up on my laptop

ideas?

Recursion
04-04-2008, 07:36 PM
bring it out, blow on the connectors to get rid of dust put it back in, restart the laptop.

Fifteen
04-04-2008, 07:38 PM
bring it out, blow on the connectors to get rid of dust put it back in, restart the laptop.

Thanks for the reply and i've tryed that

GhostFace-
04-04-2008, 07:38 PM
that happend to my moms at the airport, she just put it back in and evrything was fine.

Recursion
04-04-2008, 07:46 PM
right click My Computer > Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager, is the CD Drive listed in there?

Fifteen
04-04-2008, 07:56 PM
Is this it yeah?
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4481/cdyv8.jpg

Recursion
04-04-2008, 08:04 PM
no, thats your hard drive. But I can tell its not seeing your drive because it hasnt got a CD Category... Hmmm...

Fifteen
04-04-2008, 08:08 PM
I did scan for hardware..
got Modem device on High definition audio bus

would that have anything to do with it..:s

Robbie
04-04-2008, 08:10 PM
No, thats your dialup modem.

Fifteen
04-04-2008, 08:10 PM
No, thats your dialup modem.

thought so

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