Re: How can a CD/RW cause so many problems




"0700-Vans" <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've just bought my two grandaughters a couple of used PC's for
> christmas, they're Time machines with AMD Duron 800 processors and
> 128mb of ram. The systems came with LG CDR 8521b 52x cd drives, but no
> CD/RW, so I decided to buy and install new ones. The drives that I
> bought are Lite On LTR52327S drives, but after installing them the
> computer's wouldn't work, so I removed them and set the systems back to
>
> how they arrived.
>
> Now one PC works perfectly, but the other won't even let me into the
> BIOS. ON power up I get a copyright message for no more than two
> seconds and then the screen goes black and the firmware in the monitor
> says there's no signal from the computer.
>
> The fan is still spinning and the optical mouse is getting power, but
> there is no light for the hard drive and the keyboard doesn't react at
> all.
>
> No matter how many times I disconnect everything, or disconnect things
> one at a time, I can't get any further than this - can anyone help?
>
> Regards
>
> Roger

Check the master/slave settings.

MJP
>


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