is my driver fooked?

[welshboyo84]

i think i need a new d drive i put games dvd's in nd it makes a clicking noise , but wont load up the disk when i go into my computer select cw drive thingy it says theres nothing in the drive do i need a new driver how much r they can i fit myself or do i need a professional to do it?

[Grimes [3rd ID]]

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

[welshboyo84]

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

[Drkpwn3r]

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.

[welshboyo84]

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.

[Drkpwn3r]

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.

[welshboyo84]

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

[Drkpwn3r]

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.

[welshboyo84]

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

[medici]

gg welshie!

[raulperez]

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

[Drkpwn3r]

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)

[raulperez]

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

[welshboyo84]

spam ftw raul? lol

[welshboyo84]

dont you guys have qwerty key boards in usa?