is my driver fooked?

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Re: is my driver fooked?

by medici » October 6th, 2007, 6:27 am

yes, but you can also get less popular alphabetical keyboards... and i dunno if there are other types (probably are), other than arabic ones etc, obviously...

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 6th, 2007, 3:55 am

dont you guys have qwerty key boards in usa?

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 5th, 2007, 3:51 pm

spam ftw raul? lol

Re: is my driver fooked?

by raulperez » October 5th, 2007, 1:15 pm

lol yeah i figured he meant drive... i just like to be an *ss some times :)

Re: is my driver fooked?

by Drkpwn3r » October 5th, 2007, 1:03 pm

raulperez wrote:technically your "driver" was not "fooked" but your DRIVE was

DRIVER != DRIVE (!= means not equal to)

one is software, the other is hardware and firmware
I think he may have known that, but might have been typing on a QWERTY keyboard and hit e & r at the same time - I know a few people who do that.

Of course, welsh, had you actually meant "driver" instead of "drive" - then raul is 100% correct about what he said. ;)


But np. 8)

Re: is my driver fooked?

by raulperez » October 5th, 2007, 11:55 am

technically your "driver" was not "fooked" but your DRIVE was

DRIVER != DRIVE (!= means not equal to)

one is software, the other is hardware and firmware

Re: is my driver fooked?

by medici » October 5th, 2007, 11:01 am

gg welshie!

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 5th, 2007, 10:54 am

well i managed to fix a new dribver from my old pc yey go me thanks for the advice ure a legend :D

Re: is my driver fooked?

by Drkpwn3r » October 4th, 2007, 10:20 pm

Top drive on that list is a SATA, bottom *should* be EIDE, so you'd want to go for the bottom 1.

And no, it's not hard to connect the 4-pin molex... just make sure you DON'T force it in if it won't go in (could short-circuit your machine if you do) - if for some reason it won't go in easily: first try flipping the plug, otherwise just lightly grab the wires @ the back of the connector so that all of the holes align with the pins on the drive. ;)

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 4th, 2007, 10:05 pm

well are the wires hard to connet 4 pinned ? ive seen a driver i want http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... w_all=true

tell me what u think :)




its either the top one , or the bottom one

Re: is my driver fooked?

by Drkpwn3r » October 4th, 2007, 10:00 pm

Drive prices vary depending on where you get them, and the drive itself. Really, they're not all that expensive unless you get a really fast CD-/DVD-RW drive (between $30 & $60 USD, sometimes up to 2x that price - I haven't bought a CDD for years, so I can't tell you the exact pricing).
The only actual wires you have to connect are the EIDE (ribbon cable) and the molex (4-pin power interface). There is the option to connect a CD audio cable, but those are useless these days IMO.

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 4th, 2007, 9:49 pm

well im uber n00b when it comes to comps, are drives expensive? any recomendations? sound easy enough to install, are there any wires to connect?
thanks for the help.

Re: is my driver fooked?

by Drkpwn3r » October 4th, 2007, 9:31 pm

Honestly: If you trust yourself with opening your computer, just unhook the computer, open it up, remove the screws holding that specific drive in place (usually 2 on either side of the drive bay) & remove it through the front. Hooking up a new drive is just the reverse of the removal instructions.

Otherwise: take it to a shop and pay someone to do that for you. :?


But yes, your drive is sorta... screwed.

Re: is my driver fooked?

by welshboyo84 » October 4th, 2007, 9:13 pm

Nope cleaning it didn't help, I will try to bang it with a hammer.
Otherwise I will take it to a computor shop.

Re: is my driver fooked?

by Grimes [3rd ID] » October 4th, 2007, 9:06 pm

Um,, i didnt understan half of that, work on your spelling/grammar.. all i couls say is try to clean it and check to see if there is a thing of dirt thats causing a bump or somthing

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