CD Device not recognised?[MOVED FROM WINDOWS]

Simsy · 05-16-2009, 11:43 AM

Hi got a bit of a problem here. Dell Dimension 1100 not recognising a blank cdr when inserted - not able to burn audio cd's in windows media player as I used to. Says no cd inserted even when there is ..

Does anyone have any ideas?

TIA.

Nofew · 05-16-2009, 01:34 PM

What did you do right before it stopped working? It's very difficult to solve most problems without this information.

Simsy · 05-16-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nofew

What did you do right before it stopped working? It's very difficult to solve most problems without this information.

Never has worked on this actual pc - used to have an identical pc and that worked fine. This one has been formatted - just wondered if I was missing something - not switched anything on?

Nofew · 05-16-2009, 01:54 PM

Try putting a normal disk into the drive with music or programs on it and see if you can get it to work. If it read the disk, I don't know what to do. If it doesn't, make sure all the cables are inserted correctly and in securely. However, that would involve opening your PC up and physically checking the wires, thus voiding your warranty.

rosiesdad · 05-16-2009, 02:09 PM

If you have 2 cd drives, make sure top one is master and bottom one slave. (jumpers on back of drives)

Simsy · 05-16-2009, 02:12 PM

It will real a normal audio cd yes - which is why the cdr thing is so weird!

Simsy · 05-16-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by rosiesdad

If you have 2 cd drives, make sure top one is master and bottom one slave. (jumpers on back of drives)

Nah, just the one..

rosiesdad · 05-16-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Simsy

Nah, just the one..

Make sure it selected as master, if so, try another burner.

05-16-2009, 11:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Simsy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7 OS: windows xp	CD Device not recognised?[MOVED FROM WINDOWS] Hi got a bit of a problem here. Dell Dimension 1100 not recognising a blank cdr when inserted - not able to burn audio cd's in windows media player as I used to. Says no cd inserted even when there is .. Does anyone have any ideas? TIA.

05-16-2009, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nofew Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 155 OS: XP mce sp3; Vista Home Premium	Re: CD Device not recognised? What did you do right before it stopped working? It's very difficult to solve most problems without this information.

05-16-2009, 01:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nofew Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 155 OS: XP mce sp3; Vista Home Premium	Re: CD Device not recognised? Try putting a normal disk into the drive with music or programs on it and see if you can get it to work. If it read the disk, I don't know what to do. If it doesn't, make sure all the cables are inserted correctly and in securely. However, that would involve opening your PC up and physically checking the wires, thus voiding your warranty.

05-16-2009, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
rosiesdad Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 250 OS: XP SP3	Re: CD Device not recognised? If you have 2 cd drives, make sure top one is master and bottom one slave. (jumpers on back of drives)

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Simsy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7 OS: windows xp	Re: CD Device not recognised? It will real a normal audio cd yes - which is why the cdr thing is so weird! Last edited by Simsy; 05-16-2009 at 02:16 PM.