Re: Pavilion 7960 problem with CD Writer Plus

François,

if the computer is not recognizing the internal CD writer as even a simple
CD-ROM drive, it is very likely that the CD writer has failed.

The other unlikely possibilities include a ribbon drive cable which is not
completely attached at one end or the other, and, as always, software, software,
software.

Open up the chassis and examine the drive cable for damage and for proper
connections.

To check out the latter possibility, go to www.bootdisk.com and download the
Windows 98 boot disk image. Build a bootable Windows 98 floppy from the image,
boot your system from floppy and see if the CD writer can at least read CDs in
DOS mode.

If the drive is dead, it can be replaced with any good quality IDE/ATAPI CD
writer... Ben Myers

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:33:57 +0200, "François Chabot" <>
wrote:

>My hard and soft:
>- HP Pavilion 7960
>- including an internal CD Writer: "CD Writer Plus". In the control panel,
>the device is named "IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32"
>- Windows Me
>- Adaptec CD Burning software
>
>Simple problem: the CD is not recognised as if the computer was not seeing
>that there is one.
>For example when I want to burn a CD, Adaptec answers: "the device is not
>ready"
>
>I thought it could be adaptec so I downloaded another soft: Nero and I got
>the same crap: "The medium is empty".
>
>I have spent a day trying to understand. I am fed up with these problems.
>
>I would be very grateful is anybody has any idea about how to solve this
>problem.
>
>Thanks
>
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