Hi all.

 

Recently my cd/dvd burner stoped reading cds. Its old so I figured it was dead. I bought a Pioneer 109 brand new and installed it. The computer picked it up but it still wouldnt read cds, it just claims there is nothing in the drive. I have tried and tested the followig:

Ribbon cable

Powersupply

IDE port

Slave master issue

Drivers T

ried it in safe mode

Tested other apps but they dont see a disk either

Various discs

Chip set

Various virus scans

Update to Windows

Deleted Nero

 

I am at my wits ends and have no idea what it could be. I throw myself on your mercy, if you can think of anything I could try then I will be eternally grateful.

 

I dont know if this is hardware of software but I am convinved the hardware is ok.

Thanks in advance Pete

Put in a bootable disk and see if it will read a bootable disk, if it does, then you know its a software issue

it wont detect a bootable disk. Also when I search for the drive in command prompt it wont show, it show in the bios though.

 

I have no idea what to try :(

Find someone with a PC you can borrow, and see if the drive works in theres. I bet ya the drive is defective.

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