Re: Monitor Problem
Hi,
Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> Until the unfortunate error 'out of range, which started this threadk, the
> CD/DVD drive had been working.
... digging in the archives ...
Can it be the thread began as
"Out of Range Monitor Problim"
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/06/msg01115.html
and then changed its title ?
Whatever, the machine seems to boot into some MS operating system and
then concludes that there are no CD-ROM drives. Even a DVD or BD capable
drive would be valid as "CD-ROM" drive.
But it's an IDE driver and the description of your system in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/06/msg01120.html
"[...] ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard BIOS 2603 [...]"
looks like a SATA-only mainboard.
So the missing drive might just be a consequence of a missing IDE
controller.
The big riddle is from where the MSCDEX program was started.
> What would ce the effect of updating the BIOS?
A friend of mine recently bricked his laptop by updating. He was lucky
that the manufacturer took responsibility and repaired it for free.
But the machine was away for more than a week.
Before risking such an operation with an eight year old system, i'd
try to verify whether the DVD drive is still usable. E.g. by putting it
into a different computer and checking whether it can read the DVD.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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