u/Cojaro

Basically the title. I have an all original Gateway G6-233. When I have the CD Drive set to Mode 2, Master, the OS and BIOS cannot see it, but it will open upon pressing the open button. However, when I switch to Mode 1, Master, the OS and BIOS do detect the drive but pressing the open button does nothing.

The CD Drive is on its own IDE bus, FWIW, so there shouldn't be any Master/Slave conflicts. Maybe I should just set it to CSEL? I'm kind of at a loss for what to do aside from finding and trying a completely different CD Drive.

Update: File>Eject will open the CD tray, it's just that the button to do that will no longer open it. Strange.

It's in perfect condition. My Win11 machine has more dust inside! It appears to be completely original, too. Not sure about the exact specs as I don't have a monitor to plug it into. GPU, 1 RAM stick, sound card, modem, and some sort of phone line card in the ISA slot. 15.3GB HDD installed. Allegedly boots fine and the caps don't have any perceptible bulging.

Any known issues? Any decent upgrade paths? The most intensive games I anticipate playing is Sims 1 or MoH: Allied Assault. Other than that, just non-3D games for me and the kiddo.