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Exodus12
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_ 		27. June 2005 @ 15:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So I was reading through the FAQs on the Guide sticky and I was doing fine. Got everything going.. and then saw the instructions to update my chipset... heres the text:

Right click on [My Computer] and select [Properties] from the menu. Click [Device Manager] on the [Hardware] tab, then click to open the [IDE ATA/ATAPI (hard disk) controllers] section. You will find: the Primary IDE Channel controller, Secondary IDE Channel controller, and a brand name controller, e.g. Intel, SIS, VIA, etc. The brand name controller is what needs to be updated. Please visit their website to obtain these updates.

Ok so I went to nvidia and downloaded the new chipsets - but while i was installing it the first time it just unexpectedly rebooted my machine.. I booted up fine and everything seemed ok but I can get anything to play in my DVD drive now. CD drive is fine tho. When i go to put a dvd in my dvd drive it just sits there loading forever - if i go to the explorer it just locks up with hourglass.

I went back to the device manager and checked.. i no long have the primary/secondary IDE controllers. All I have listed is the name brand one. I have Nvidia Nforce 2 btw.

Can anyone help me? I want to get my dvd drive working again =(. It's strange that my cd drive works and my dvd doesnt though.
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