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Originally posted by LwCwb
Do you mean can it play a cd, then Yes.
Neither E or F Drives showed up in "My Computer" while under Safe Mode. When I put a cd in F Drive and take it out after a few seconds, it isn't in the same place, so it is spinning in there.
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Well, if the e-drive works and the f-drive doesn't... that eliminates drivers, channel hardware, etc.
If you want to go further, we have to go under the hood.
You didn't say if you have XP... in most other versions, the CD drives do not show up in the Safe mode.. but they do in XP.
You can open the case, and see a ribbon cable daisy-chaining the two CD drives to the motherboard.
IF YOU WANT TO GO FURTHER YOURSELF... with power OFF, carefully disconnect the ribbon from the E drive, leaving the suspect F drive as the only CD on the cable. Power back up and see if it gets detected.
If you are uncomfortable messing inside the unit.... don't do it.