Hi, my cd drive light blinks, during post, and is also visible in bios, but it is not shown neither in device manager nor in my computer. Yeah! My cd drive stopped Functioning almost 12 months ago, due to improper shutdown while the tray was open. Also i replaced bios battery yesterday, and before battery replacement, Cd drive was visible, in device manager. Tell me what is wrong?
Note: the cd drive lists itself as SATA in bios.Install the old battery again and check if the cd drive is visible, though I don't find sense there but if the problem started after replacing the CMOS battery, I find no harm in trying just for DIAGNOSTIC purpose lol But i am still a novice (i watched a YOUTUBE video to replace battery), and I also think'replacing battery again will not do any good'. Moreover the previous battery is dead, and when i push the eject button of the drive, light blinks but tray does not open. Any other ideas. Quote from: Cayman87 on November 15, 2013, 12:15:16 AM

But i am still a novice (i watched a youtube video to replace battery), and I also think 'replacing battery again will not do any good'.