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Aspire 5100 CD/DVD not recognized

post #1 of 8
6/3/09 at 11:15pm
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I went to rip a CD and it didn't work, so I did some investigating and found that the CD/DVD isn't even showing up. It has worked in the past and no changes have been made to the system. Any ideas?
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post #2 of 8
6/3/09 at 11:59pm
mainboard is going out on you.
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post #3 of 8
6/4/09 at 2:08am
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mainboard is going out on you.
You think? It was just replaced about 4 months ago under warranty. Are there any other possibilities?
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post #4 of 8
6/4/09 at 8:18am
That model is plagued with mainboard problems. Must have been a design flaw. Countless others have preceeded you on this board
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post #5 of 8
6/4/09 at 8:19am
yep, do a search on it and you will find lots of similar threads. apparently the southbridge on the board fails taking out the ide, usb, and ps2 controllers.

with the unit off, on a hard flat surface.

press down on the unit with the palm of your hand just left of the touchpad. press firmly but not hard enough to break everything.

power the unit and check the bios, do you see the optical drive? a temporary fix and will not work as soon as you start moving the laptop around.
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post #6 of 8
6/4/09 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by MichelleG View Post
yep, do a search on it and you will find lots of similar threads. apparently the southbridge on the board fails taking out the ide, usb, and ps2 controllers.

with the unit off, on a hard flat surface.

press down on the unit with the palm of your hand just left of the touchpad. press firmly but not hard enough to break everything.

power the unit and check the bios, do you see the optical drive? a temporary fix and will not work as soon as you start moving the laptop around.
I tried it and nothing happened.
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post #7 of 8
6/5/09 at 6:32pm
then your board has failed.
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post #8 of 8
6/5/09 at 6:59pm
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then your board has failed.
Thankfully it's still under the extended warranty. This computer is junk.
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