bstacey Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I just installed a new sound card. I used the cd-rom to install the drivers. the sound card worked but after it was installed I can no longer read any disc in the cd-rom. I tried putting my old sound card back in and using a restore point. but now my old sound card doesn't work and I still can't read any cd in the cd-rom. I switched out two other cd-roms from different computers and none of them can read any cd in this computer. I checked devise manager and it identifies the cd-rom and states it is working correctly. I checked the bios and it finds the cd-rom just fine. This one is driving me crazy! Bryan ps I am running Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 IRQ conflicts maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstacey Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 Miracle CureI stayed up to 2:00am working on this dumb thing. I tried everything I could think of. I slaved it in with the hard drive, I replaced the data cable, I took out the sound card and left it out. I even tried to do a rescue boot with the windows floppy. Nothing worked. The computer could never see a cd in the cd-rom. This morning I put the new sound card back in hooked everything up as normal (although I did put the new sound card in a different pci slot) turned it on and it works perfectly. I was able to install the soundcard with the cd-rom, I have great sound and the cd-rom still works. Go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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