No cd-rom detected

iglow · 05-29-2008, 08:15 PM

Hi, I have an old dell optiplex g1 that I want to get working. When I start it up it will boot from a hard drive. But when it comes up with win98 and I click on my computer it doesen't have a cd-rom drive and it dosent even show up in the bios settings. I had a dell optiplex g1 before that did the same thing, and when I put the same harddrive in one of my other computers, it comes up with the cd-rom drive in the my computer window.
Is there a spesific resen for this? Is there a remidey? Or am i just stuck?Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

MusicMan374 · 05-29-2008, 09:41 PM

It might be unplugged from the system internally, see if there is a loose plug coming from the cd drive. Maybe your power supply is screwed, it could be a whole bunch of tings with that old of a computer. it could just be fried, you need a new cd drive. If it isn't detected in Windowslist of Hardware, then the drive is either fried or unplugged. It could be something else software or registry related, but Ihave no idea how to fix registry stuff. good luck

dai · 05-29-2008, 09:52 PM

put a new cable on the drive

iglow · 05-30-2008, 11:52 AM

Well... I have taken the cd-rom drive and hard drive and put it in another computer and they works in that computer just fine. I have also put a new ribon on it severil times but it still doesnt ditect it and it is getting power i do know that much. Sry I didnt menchen those things in the questin, I forgot to add those.

dai · 05-30-2008, 03:40 PM

win 98 required a generic driver to be loaded from the 98 startup disk for the cd
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/cdboot2.html

05-29-2008, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
iglow Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: us Posts: 33 OS: linux freespire 1.0.13	No cd-rom detected Hi, I have an old dell optiplex g1 that I want to get working. When I start it up it will boot from a hard drive. But when it comes up with win98 and I click on my computer it doesen't have a cd-rom drive and it dosent even show up in the bios settings. I had a dell optiplex g1 before that did the same thing, and when I put the same harddrive in one of my other computers, it comes up with the cd-rom drive in the my computer window. Is there a spesific resen for this? Is there a remidey? Or am i just stuck?Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

05-29-2008, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
MusicMan374 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 212 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 My System	Re: No cd-rom detected It might be unplugged from the system internally, see if there is a loose plug coming from the cd drive. Maybe your power supply is screwed, it could be a whole bunch of tings with that old of a computer. it could just be fried, you need a new cd drive. If it isn't detected in Windowslist of Hardware, then the drive is either fried or unplugged. It could be something else software or registry related, but Ihave no idea how to fix registry stuff. good luck

05-29-2008, 09:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: No cd-rom detected put a new cable on the drive __________________

05-30-2008, 11:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
iglow Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: us Posts: 33 OS: linux freespire 1.0.13	Re: No cd-rom detected Well... I have taken the cd-rom drive and hard drive and put it in another computer and they works in that computer just fine. I have also put a new ribon on it severil times but it still doesnt ditect it and it is getting power i do know that much. Sry I didnt menchen those things in the questin, I forgot to add those.

05-30-2008, 03:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: No cd-rom detected win 98 required a generic driver to be loaded from the 98 startup disk for the cd http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/cdboot2.html __________________