CD removed--still getting error
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From: Daddy on 23 Jun 2010 15:12 Ben Myers wrote: > On 6/23/2010 12:54 PM, Daddy wrote: >> Boris wrote: >>> "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> wrote in >>> news:hvrs96$2pl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: >>>> OK, I removed my laptop's CD (Dell Inspiron 2200). >>>> >>>> When I power up, I get an error message basically confirming that >>>> there is no CD drive. I hit the esc key and all boots well. >>>> >>>> I have changed the boot order (was CD first but now HD first). I still >>>> get the error. >>>> >>>> No big deal, but any other suggestions? Should I try and remove the CD >>>> via the device manager? >>>> >>>> Mel >>>> >>> >>> Is there a BIOS setting (not a boot order setting) that disables the >>> device location? >> >> The BIOS lists devices that POST tells it are physically connected. If >> you physically removed the drive and it's still being detected during >> POST, physically remove from the motherboard the data cable that was >> attaching the drive. There is now no chance that POST will detect the >> presence of the drive. If a drive is still detected, I'm afraid you've >> got bigger problems (possibly a corrupted BIOS.) >> >> Daddy > > With a laptop, there is no cable between optical drive and motherboard. > The drive simply plugs into the motherboard, using the standard > connector on the drive. > > I am almost 100% certain that the Inspiron 2200 BIOS, like (nearly all) > other Dell laptop BIOSes ALWAYS tries to detect an optical drive. By > contrast, the Latitude D600 can have any one of optical, floppy or > battery in the drive bay, and it's BIOS was made smart enough to figure > all this out and not display an error message. > > In other words, the Inspiron 2200 makes the naive assumption that an > optical drive is always present, because there are no other hardware > pieces that will fit in the drive bay. > > To put it differently, the missing optical drive message cannot be > suppressed (except by rewriting and reflashing the BIOS), and it is not > a sign of a corrupted BIOS, but of a correctly functioning one. > > ... Ben Myers My apology...I did not realize we were discussing a laptop here. I know almost nothing about laptop hardware. Daddy
From: Christopher Muto on 24 Jun 2010 17:07
MZB wrote: > OK, I removed my laptop's CD (Dell Inspiron 2200). > > When I power up, I get an error message basically confirming that there is > no CD drive. I hit the esc key and all boots well. > > I have changed the boot order (was CD first but now HD first). I still get > the error. > > No big deal, but any other suggestions? Should I try and remove the CD via > the device manager? > > Mel > what version bios do you have? i think the current is 7 and with version 4 there was a fix for an optical drive detection problem in machines with hatachi hard drives. when dell states a fix in the bios release notes of it often address more than they state. so if you don't have version 4 or newer i suggest you update to the latest bios. |