Unable to "ENABLE" CD/DVD IN Bios

ashmehta · 04-05-2008, 10:24 AM

Hi I have an EasyNote Packard Bell Laptop 512 RAM 40 Gig Hard Drive. Just recently my CD/DVD stopped working for some strange reason. When I inputted any CD in the drive the light was still coming on but nothing getting picked up.

I then went on BIOS pressing F2. Here I noticed that the CD/DVD had been “Disaled”. What caused this to happen I don’t have a clue.

I tried to search for an option for me to “enable” this but was unable to do so.

My BOIS read the following. INSYDE SOFTWARE SCU. Then have 4 option

Start Up / Chipset / Boot / Exit. Even though I try to click on to any option there is no way to Enable this.

The other option I have is F8, But this is the option from “Boot from CD”.

Please help.

Fred · 12-05-2008, 06:32 AM

Your optical drive may actually be going bad. But I'd hate to make a guarantee. Most BIOS's have a "Load defaults" option. If yours does, load the defaults and save. Unless someone went in and disabled the optical drive, it would not do that by itself. Is the drive even recognized by Windows?

ashmehta · 12-05-2008, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred

Your optical drive may actually be going bad. But I'd hate to make a guarantee. Most BIOS's have a "Load defaults" option. If yours does, load the defaults and save. Unless someone went in and disabled the optical drive, it would not do that by itself. Is the drive even recognized by Windows?

no i cant see anything in windows as weel. i have even gone on mycomputer, hardware changes , can't see it anywhere

Wildcard · 12-05-2008, 08:05 PM

Hi,

If you have a spare cable for the optical drive, you may want to try swapping that out in case its just a bad cable. Also, if there is another IDE or sata slot on your motherboard (depending on what kind of drive you have), you may want to try one of those as well.

ferg · 12-05-2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildcard

Hi,

If you have a spare cable for the optical drive, you may want to try swapping that out in case its just a bad cable. Also, if there is another IDE or sata slot on your motherboard (depending on what kind of drive you have), you may want to try one of those as well.

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04-05-2008, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
ashmehta Geek Trainee Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 41 Status: Offline	Unable to "ENABLE" CD/DVD IN Bios Hi I have an EasyNote Packard Bell Laptop 512 RAM 40 Gig Hard Drive. Just recently my CD/DVD stopped working for some strange reason. When I inputted any CD in the drive the light was still coming on but nothing getting picked up. I then went on BIOS pressing F2. Here I noticed that the CD/DVD had been “Disaled”. What caused this to happen I don’t have a clue. I tried to search for an option for me to “enable” this but was unable to do so. My BOIS read the following. INSYDE SOFTWARE SCU. Then have 4 option Start Up / Chipset / Boot / Exit. Even though I try to click on to any option there is no way to Enable this. The other option I have is F8, But this is the option from “Boot from CD”. Please help.

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12-05-2008, 06:32 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
Fred Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 23 Male Posts: 659 Times Helpful: 37 Status: Offline My Computer	Your optical drive may actually be going bad. But I'd hate to make a guarantee. Most BIOS's have a "Load defaults" option. If yours does, load the defaults and save. Unless someone went in and disabled the optical drive, it would not do that by itself. Is the drive even recognized by Windows?

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Wildcard Big Geek Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 107 Times Helpful: 15 My Mood: Sad Status: Offline My Computer	Hi, If you have a spare cable for the optical drive, you may want to try swapping that out in case its just a bad cable. Also, if there is another IDE or sata slot on your motherboard (depending on what kind of drive you have), you may want to try one of those as well.

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