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#26241

2004-05-30 18:06

hmmm sounds strange maybe try to reinstall windows ... that should fix it .... you can do a backup before ... if this does not fix the problem ... u know

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#26242

2004-05-30 19:51

actually since im a good buy...I know have a legit copy of windows I havent installed it yet but soon...I feel like I have givin into the man :hail: oh well I got it for free (father owns a computer company :finger: ) Anyways...it stopped doing the long bbot ups after about 4 times so im happy...now im ordering the cd from HP that i need, and hopefully ill be pirating big time in a few weeks :D

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#26243

2004-05-30 21:42

hmm a optical drive must work without drivers ....
I mean I have some strange thing like this, too
I have 3 SATA and 1 PATA drive
when I only had PATA the blue bar at windows startup got round 1 to 2 times ....
with sata RAID its 0.75 to 1 time
but when I connect the PATA with the other SATA devices the blue bar goes through at least 4 times idling ... even if the HDD is formated and empty ...

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#26244

2004-05-31 14:46

Adjust the boot order, clear the prefetch folder. Good luck.

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2004-06-01 02:01

K im having a little better luck...since i have SATA HD i put the burner on primary IDE channel as cable select...i put my other drive as master on secondary...seemed to boot fine. But when i go to my comp. and stick a cd in the drive...it gives me some sort of IO error :-? . Another thing is, is i got this from someone..its still bran new..but he didnt have the install cd....you think i need that cd and maybe it will work better? I hope so cause i ordered one online for 9.95, because i did find out that there is a firmware update for that drive too....but it wont update without that original cd...anyways...anyone have any other ideas they would like to share?

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#26246

2004-06-01 09:06

Is some of the pins behind the drive missing? This might cause I/O error.

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#26247

2004-06-01 10:31

huh ? cable select ??
thats the worst thing you could do ... set it to master or slave and try again .... NEVER use cable select

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#26248

2004-06-03 05:16

Well I am now the proud owner of a halfway legit copy of winxp Home I still couldent go through with buying it...but a buddy of mine upgraded to xp pro..and he gave me his old copy :finger: Microsoft

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#26249

2004-06-03 09:24

and this means for the problem with the drive ... u are now going to reinstall ? have u tested master / slave jumpered drive

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#26250

2004-06-03 17:24

Well I boot up normal now...and i see the drive as a dvd burner....now im just waiting on the install dick from Hp

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#26251

2004-06-03 18:16

hmmmm a driver for a burner ... I don't think so ... the CD will be filled with quistartmanual and such things ... but a driver for a CDROM ? never seen that ... never heard that anyone needs that ...

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#26252

2004-06-03 19:14

well the thing is, is that when i try to install the firmware update from HP website...it requires somthing from the manufactur cd to be installed....and i believe that everything will work fine after i get that firmware update

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