antassantas Posted August 26, 2011 Content Count: 92 Joined: 12/29/10 Status: Offline Share Posted August 26, 2011 ok so i want to to reformat my computer because it seems to have a virus that is fucking it up. only one problem the cd drive wont work and without it working i cant reformat. also this happened after i installed PSU but that doesnt look like the problem because the wire for cd drive doesnt look like its connected to psu just the motherboard. so how do i fix? Link to comment
Harry Posted August 26, 2011 Content Count: 2085 Joined: 04/19/10 Status: Offline Share Posted August 26, 2011 did you make sure the device is enabled in your bios? Link to comment
Chaoz` Posted August 26, 2011 Content Count: 1740 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted August 26, 2011 well the wire that is connected to your mobo is the SATA cable or IDE if it's an older system, you should have a MOLEX or a SATA power connector on your PSU, so hook that up to the DVD drive and it should work. Link to comment
The UnSpoken Posted August 26, 2011 Content Count: 49 Joined: 06/12/08 Status: Offline Share Posted August 26, 2011 Um, there should be two cables coming out of the Cd drive, One SATA cable and one power SATA cable that comes from the Psu. The should look like this. SATA on left, SATA Power on right. I'm not sure if thats the problem or not, Hope it helps. Link to comment
antassantas Posted August 27, 2011 Content Count: 92 Joined: 12/29/10 Status: Offline Share Posted August 27, 2011 yeah i had the one in the right of the picture plugged in but forgot about sata. this is why antas is santa backwards. Link to comment
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