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    CD Drive Problems

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by stagecrewbuff, Feb 8, 2008.

  1. stagecrewbuff

    stagecrewbuff Newbie

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    Hey all.

    I have a Satellite A105-S4064 with XP and a DVD SuperMulti Drive. One day, my optical drive just stopped working. I checked the Device manager, and it says that there is not optical drive. But under the "Other Devices" tab, there is a Mass Storage Controller with a question mark next to it. I opened it and it says the location is PCI bus 7, device 6, function 2. Im not very hardware savy, but im getting the feeling this is the drive. Am I right? and if I am, how do I fix it?

    I am also having the same problem with my wireless card, and it says Network Controller under the same tab.

    Thanks.
     
    stagecrewbuff, Feb 8, 2008
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  2. notyou

    notyou Notebook Deity

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    Try uninstalling (if possible) and installing drivers for optic/wireless.

    My optical drive suddenly quit working on me one day as well, very likely it's died, chances are you will have to get a replacement, possibly same idea for wireless.
     
    notyou, Feb 8, 2008
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