Thanks,
I have it opened and the ribbon cable and plug are tight, I think it is
more a problem of it not being recognized in windows and the cdrw did not
come with any type of install disk, and is not listed under new hardware to
re add it.
But it did work properly for over 6 months.
Sandarr
mark mandel <> wrote in message
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> Make sure the ribbon cable connection to it is secure and that the jumper
> setting is correct as well. I muyself have Nero and have experienced no
> problems at all with it.
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> Mark Mandell
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