Rapidly flashing cursor - Won't boot

I've got a Compaq PC. The CD drive was not working so installed a used drive yesterday. Now, when I start the machine, it only gets through a short part of the boot-up process then stops at a blank screen with a rapidly flashing cursor. I'm wondering if I have a bad CD drive or do I need to install a different set of drivers?

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I've got a Compaq PC. The CD drive was not working so installed a used drive yesterday. Now, when I start the machine, it only gets through a short part of the boot-up process then stops at a blank screen with a rapidly flashing cursor. I'm wondering if I have a bad CD drive or do I need to install a different set of drivers?

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depending how you have the cd install on the ribbon cable ,make sure the jumper on the back of the cdrom is set right ,master or slave .

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