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| Thread ID: 55096 | 2005-03-02 12:35:00 | d drive not found | romeo (7482) | Press F1 |
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| 329850 | 2005-03-02 12:35:00 | I have recently tried to install a second dvd drive on top of my cd-rw drive. I opened the case attached the ribbon cable to both devices and reconnected my computer and switched it on. On doing this not only did the dvd drive not show up in ‘my computer but my cd-rw drive disappeared as well. Please help me, what am I missing?? | romeo (7482) | ||
| 329851 | 2005-03-02 12:45:00 | Open her up again and give the wires a wriggle [Edit-1] Also check for master, slave or cable select [Edit-2] Some PC specs, does your PC meet the min requirements for the DVD drive? |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 329852 | 2005-03-02 18:09:00 | Don't forget to also check the motherboard end of the IDE cable, as you can knock it loose when moving cables around in a tight space. You did put the power molex cables back in? | Jen (38) | ||
| 329853 | 2005-03-02 22:15:00 | i made sure the the ribbin was in correctly a couple of times so thats not it but i think your right Jen my motherbord prop dosent alow for a dvd player but i abandend the dvd drive and when i had the conection the same as it was befor my d drive still wont show up | romeo (7482) | ||
| 329854 | 2005-03-02 22:23:00 | Most mobos can take a DVD/CD writer, or both. Usually on the secondary IDE connection. What kind of system have u got Romeo? Speed etc? Did you go into the BIOS, and configure the DVD and CD as Master/slave on the secondary IDE connection entry?? So, the cd and dvd appear here? If the BIOS doesnt know a cd / hdd, or dvd is in the system, Windows wont either. It sounds like you haven't configured the BIOS, so it detects both the cd and dvd, or you havent jumpered the dvd and cd to Master and slave. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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