Try different other DVDs to make sure that the problem is with the DVD ROM. Make sue It is a DVD ROM because CD ROM can only read CDs and not DVDs. Insert a CD and then check. Make sure that the fault is in the CD/DVD Drive in the the PC then take it to he retail store and demand for a replacement. In most cases they do replace it after checking the warranty.
Testimonial: "good job thus far"
A good idea. I did just reply to suggesion about checking wires. I will do that. At this point, now the computer does recognize a drive d as a "CD-RW" drive D: And cd's are now read, at least pictures by corel are. I changed bios of secondary master from auto to cd-rom but no change. I will change back and perhaps try primary slave change from auto to cd-rom to see if there is any change.
For the present, if nothing else, I need to determine if this cd=rom was also a combo cd/dvd reader like the hp pavilions had. They had a separate burner, and a separate cd-rom which read both dvd's and cd's at least mine did.
If thats the case then maybe I still need a driver and the player works. Lastly, can I burn a cd with linux or kill disk. I was told they could only be burned to dvd. Wouldnt it be nice if I could burn them to a cd and have the gateway cd-rom read then just fine like it is.
WOW lots of info there. If I remember correctly (from my time in Circuit City) the gateway came with a OS disk and you had to burn the driver/software disk to be loaded after the OS, or sometime during the factory restore. This information would fit on CD. As for as puppy linux and other linux programs, most of them fit on a cd. You might check on the boot to see if hitting a particular F key will bring up the boot menu. This will allow you to boot from CD, USB, Harddrive, ect.
Sounds like you are at least enjoying yourself. Good luck.
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Any EIDE (non Sata) interal drive should work on this computer. However, first I would check the internal cables on the drive to ensure the are plugged in tight (you may just have a loose cable). Check both the mother board end and the drive end.
Personally I would go puppy linux over 98, but that is me.
Hope this helps, have a great day and good luck.
Yep you sure could buy a used one. As long as you are doing that you might as well make it a DVD burner.
Anyway good luck, Hope it all goes smoth for you
Thanks, it looks like this is just a cd-rom and its working fine now. My only last question is whether or not I can burn a cd with it or is it just a reader. Lastly, if I burn a cd with linux 4.3 on it will it get read by the gateway.s cd. I thought linux needed to get burned on a dvd but apparently I was mistaken. I hope that I can also burn killdisk on a cd so I can getxp out of the pc. Jim
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Great I could buy a used-cd-rom with an install driver. What if the rom I have now is stock, might still work, but needs a driver. Understood, that also , u might be right in that the rom doesnt work now, although it attempts to read. It is not a reader-burner combo, I think it is stock but might be wrong. It certainly looks like it came with the machine.
Great I could buy a used-cd-rom with an install driver. What if the rom I have now is stock, might still work, but needs a driver. Understood, that also , u might be right in that the rom doesnt work now, although it attempts to read. It is not a reader-burner combo, I think it is stock but might be wrong. It certainly looks like it came with the machine.
I noW have the computer reading a drive D: as "CD-RW" drive D. So thats an improvement. Also the drive reads cd's ok and can read corel picture files on a cd just fine.
I checked the bios and found that the primary master is a sata hard drive, and that primary slave, secondary master and secondary slave are all set to auto. I changed the secondary master bios to read cd-rom but it failed, so I am changing it back, and I might do the same for the primary slave, setting it to cd-rom and seeing if any change takes place.
after that, I might download a manual from gateway to see if it shows the player as a dual, cd/dvd player because if I am not mistaken, wasnt office 2000 or 2003 on a dvd. Also I made disks for a nice puppy linux called "puppy celeron" that might be perfect for the essential 500.
But it is on dvd as well as the kill disk, because I thought iso disks had to be burned onto dvd?
Im I mistaken, or should I try to burn the linux and he kill disk onto a cd? Wouldnt that be funny, lol. if that worked.
Also, I might take the case off and take a look at the cables, the whole thing probably needs a good dusting any way. The cmos battery still full of life, maybe somebody changed it in the past.
Hi, I set the bios to secondary master is cd-rom, and to have both primary and secondary controllers to be on. If the player is cd-rom only then all I have to do now is to try and figure out if it can also burn cd's. if not then I will burn a cd off my friends pc and get kill disk to get all the xp out of this gateway so I can replace it with win08se or linux. Linux is free, 98 cost 55 dollars, decisions decisions lol.
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