18-09-2005, 18:24
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Re: cd-rom not ready
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Originally Posted by patrickp
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Originally Posted by marky
I'm working on an old old machine running on 95 all the drives are recognised but
it wont access the cd, it keeps saying drive not ready, could it be the mobo battery as i think it is flat 
ps ive never seen a pc with a flat battery  |
You don't usually get a completely flat battery, but as the voltage falls below 3 volts, you'll start developing problems.
The first things to check, though are that the CD-ROM and cables are Ok. Try another (preferably known good) IDE cable instead and check that the power lead is firmly in. If the fault is still occurring, try another CD drive.
Which IDE channel do you have it on, is there anything else on that channel, and what is set to slave and what to master - and how? |
Wouldn't be recognised if any of that was true- it could be SW related but most of the time with this problem it means the drive's dead.
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