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What would suddenly make my CD/DVD drive stop responding (on startup: secondary master incompatible message)? And why is troubleshooter fucking worthless? |
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ATAPI not compatable this time. Also, hard drive said something like 'S.M.A.R.T capable, but disabled' Fucking computer machines. |
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does it have tar in it? sorry. |
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it just suddenly stopped? go into your bios and fiddle until something works, It'll usually tell you what to press to get into your bios at startup |
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maybe something got broken from hauling it in my backpack. |
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and what is 'BIOS'? |
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basic input output system, you get there by pressing del or spacebar on the very 1st startup screen (or something, depends on yer motherboard) anyway, it configures the drives and basic hardware |
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Is this a desktop PC? If you were lugging it about then a cable could've come loose but not fully out. Making it be sort of read. If it's a laptop then..... erm. |
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open the computer, unplug the dvdrom (completely), check all the small pin-thingies.. see if any of them are broken, tinker with the drive for a while, plug it back in the way it was, and restart your computer. |
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Update: Yes, it was a matter of the CD-Rom becoming somewhat un-plugged. Since I didn't realise how easily it slid out, I tried taking apart the whole bottom of my laptop, but it came out that only one screw holds it in place, so it slid out very easily. From the way I carry it in the backpack, it's likely it just slid in that direction and unplugged a little bit. Wooo! |
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