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| Thread ID: 34725 | 2003-06-22 06:45:00 | CD Drive not working | Caesius (3758) | Press F1 |
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| 154217 | 2003-06-22 06:45:00 | I recently purchased a Samsung CD-ROM drive for an old computer, an old Compaq Deskpro. I am no hardware expert but I have tried to connect it up. I have done the following: 1. Connected one of the many power cables to it (they are labled P1-P7 I took a guess at which one) 2. Connected the thing that looks like a grey seatbelt from the CD-ROM drive to what is called the secondary IDE. When I boot my computer up it says: "1780-Disk 0 Failure 1781-Disk 1 Failure" Can any of you hardware gurus help me? |
Caesius (3758) | ||
| 154218 | 2003-06-22 07:04:00 | The power cable should be ok so long as the beveled edges on the plug match the beveled eges in the CD-Rom socket,I have heard of people forcing them in the wrong way. As for the seatbelt cable make sure that the red stripe matchs pin 1 on the cd-rom,Pin numbers should be marked on back of cd-rom. Also make sure the Seatbelt cable is connected Red stripe to pin 1 on the motherboard. If the cd-rom is the only device on the secondary channel it should be ok with the jumper set to master. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 154219 | 2003-06-23 03:52:00 | Those are traditional IBM error messages. The fact that both drives are shown as failing probably indicates that you have the seatbelt (nice term ... I'll use that :D) flipped. The striped edge should be towards the power connector. (The CD box might have numbers 1 and 40 stamped on the top near that connector: pin 1 is the stripe). Check the end of the cable plugged into the motherboard too. That will usually have the same orientation as the other IDE cable (but often opposite direction to the 34 wire floppy cable. :D) If the cable connector is "keyed" (a piece sticking out of one side, which is cleared by a slot in the housing around the drive connector), and the pin 1/strip match is wrong, even though the plug is in "correctly"don't panic. Some manufacturers have done it wrong. :_| You might be able to turn the MB end around, or file off the key. :D Any of those 4 pin power connectors which fit will do. (It's "possible" to get thos connectors in the wrong way around, but it's not easy. Its hard enough to get them in the right way. :D |
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