CD/DVD drives stopped working! Help please!

[Element7]

I have a big problem with my pc. When I start up it says "Sr risk of instability [Expert] - Allows full customization of performance options. Advanced users only". It says that under where it says the memory frequency, primary master, primary slave.

It gives me the option to press F1 to continue. When i do, windows boots like normal but the only problem is that the cd drive and dvd drive dont work. When i go to device manager it says the devices are working fine and the drivers are up to date but when i put a cd or dvd in it says "E:\ is not accessible. The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable." E:\ is my cd/dvd drive.

Can anyone help me?
Marc

 

[Antman]

I do not understand where the system is when you see this error.

Is windows already started?

 

[Element7]

About 5 seconds after i clicked on the power button to start the pc.

 

[Antman]

You have a hardware level problem. It could be a simple configuration error in BIOS. It could be a failure. I will read through your posts and BIOS manual.

brb

 

[Antman]

Write down the settings you used to overclock.

Then, set all BIOS options back to standard or default.

Boot to test.

Report.

 

[Element7]

I have not actualy done any bios overclocking. I changed the frequency to 200 there was a choice between 100/133/166/200. Even if i use fail safe settings it still doesnt work.

 

[Antman]

Well, I suppose there is more than one way to solve a problem.

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[zigzag3143]

Figures I felt sorry for him and just shipped him 2-256mg pc3200 ram. Oh well, when the hammer falls zeus has spoken

 

[Element7]

Don't worry guys. Im still here. It was just a misunderstanding between my friend, me and the admin. I still have the problem and need help. Oh and thanks so much zigzag, you really helped me out with the ram!

 

[Antman]

Element7.1

 

[Tews]

Element7.1

Element7.1 rev2

 

[Corpsecrank]

If you have a second machine to test the drives I would recommend taking the drive out and putting it into a working computer just to eliminate a drive failure from the list.

I had a few drives fail and they look like they are working fine in device manager however they will not read a disc properly.

So like I said if you can find a second machine to install the drive in for testing it I would try that. Once you know if the drive is actually good or not then you can figure out why it doesn't want to read.

 

[Element7]

Can I please get some help with this problem?

 

[Snufffed]

I'm checking on the mobo. seems it is a 2003 year series... it might not be Win 7. compliant.

From what I can find in the Window 7 Compatibility list CHAINTECh is not Win7 compliant.
More info if I can find.

The manufacturer is ACHME. Not Compliant. so may have to use all Drivers in Vista or XP compability mode.

Entry level only. System tested as:

System as Tested​

• Processor: AMD Athlon 2500+ Barton​
• Motherboard: Chaintech 7NIL2 nForce2 400 Ultra​
• Memory: 512 MB GeIL PC-3500 (2x256MB)​
• Graphics: ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB (Catalyst 3.6 w/ DX9)​
• Storage: Maxtor 40GB IDE ATA/100​
• Media: Optorite 52x24x52x ATAPI CD-RW​
• Operating Sytstem: Windows 2000 Professional SP4​

 

[Element7]

Well it worked before but after i tried to overclock my processor in the bios it stoped working.

 

[zigzag3143]

E7

If it worked before you over clocked and doesn't after the overclock, put it back to default. If it goes away dont overclock if not its something else.

Ken

 

[Antman]

Hey I am trying to overclock my AMD spemron 2800+ but it doesnt work. The problem is when I go to the bios and go to advanced chipset features there is a option called "system performance" where i can choose between optimal/aggressive/turbo/expert. I want to put it on aggressive but when i do put it on aggressive and restart the pc, the screen stays black. Why is this?

I have not actualy done any bios overclocking. I changed the frequency to 200 there was a choice between 100/133/166/200. Even if i use fail safe settings it still doesnt work.

Well it worked before but after i tried to overclock my processor in the bios it stoped working.

Whatever.

Write down the settings you used to overclock.

Then, set all BIOS options back to standard or default.

Boot to test.

Report.

Write down the settings you used to not overclock.

Then, set all BIOS options back to standard or default.

Boot to test.

Report.

 

[DocBrown]

By overclocking, maybe he terminated the cd/dvd drive

Terminate Yourself

 

[Element7]

I went into the bios and went to Advanced chipset features. Then i tried to change system performance to aggressive/turbo and changed the fsb frequency to 200. Then i changed the memory frequency from by spd to auto. I used cpufsb to change the processor from 2004mhz to 2100mhz but it only lasts until i reboot. Even if i load fail-safe defaults the cd drive ( samsung 52x max) and the cd/dvd drive (sahara dual double layer 16x) wont work.

When i go to standard cmos it says by ide secondary master "SAMSUNG CDmROM' SHm1"and when i press enter on it and press ide hdd auto-detection it doesnt do anything. The dvd drive doesnt even show there.

 

[Snufffed]

Seems you never actually read and undstood some of what your saying>
you state:

Well it worked before but after i tried to overclock my processor in the bios it stoped working.

Simply put YOU CAN NOT OVERCLOCK YOUR SYSTEM.. That is what you said... All worked FINE till .

Quote: Originally Posted by Element7
I have not actualy done any bios overclocking. I changed the frequency to 200 there was a choice between 100/133/166/200. Even if i use fail safe settings it still doesnt work.

That is overclocking. ACTUALLY.,

To remove Overclock it means: revert back to DEFAULT... pure and simple.