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| Thread ID: 67460 | 2006-03-28 13:04:00 | Trouble installing new DVD/CD writer | Tontoe (9961) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 441526 | 2006-03-29 01:50:00 | No i haven't tried that, i'll give it a go, thanks for your help. | Tontoe (9961) | ||
| 441527 | 2006-03-29 02:16:00 | Tried everything mentioned, but still nothing, so i took my older dvd burner out of my spare pc and fitted it into my new case, this one did work before, but same result as the pioneer, does not show up in bios either, could there be a setting in BIOS, that is not right and could be causing this ? | Tontoe (9961) | ||
| 441528 | 2006-03-29 02:29:00 | I have a Pioneer DVD writer, a SATA hard drive plus two ATA hard drives in this machine and the only reasons I can think of why your setup is not working are: You have the wrong sort of cable The cable is faulty You have plugged the cable in the wrong place You have plugged the cable in the wrong way You have not plugged the cable in firmly enough Your BIOS needs to be set differently Your motherboard is faulty I can't remember exactly how mine is set up but I think I have the two ATA drives on the master cable and the DVD writer on the secondary cable by itself, set to master. BIOS is set to auto-detect. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 441529 | 2006-03-29 03:22:00 | My monies with your post Foxy!! New PATA drives use 80 pin IDE cables, not older grey 64 pin, however if this is the cable that cames with your dvd drive, then could be your board BIOS setup. Are you sure you have pin 1 matching to pin 1 on the m/b. It looks to me as if the BIOS is trying to connect the drive to the 2nd IDE Slave NOT master. Are you using the end of the cable, not the middle plug? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 441530 | 2006-03-29 03:37:00 | Autodetect doesn't always correctly detect CD/DVD drives. Try doing a manual setting, so you tell it. ;) As well as "Autodetect", "Not Installed" (and all the different types) there will be one for CD/DVD, ATAPI, or something like that. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 441531 | 2006-03-29 03:44:00 | Just wondering if you have tried the "cable select" option for your jumper settings, on the IDE cable? :) | Benjie (10084) | ||
| 441532 | 2006-03-29 05:21:00 | Tried "cable select" and the pc would not start up at all, i have tried to manualy to change the settingss in BIOS but it does not reconize the burner at all. Checked the manual for how many pin conectors, it says 40 pin 1/0 connector, use 80 pin for max writing speed, by the way the ide cable did not come with the dvd, i asked for one, because it didn't have one with this sale. [ $63 ] is probably why. As far as putting the ends in the wrong way, how can you do that ? they will only go in one way, as far as i know, you would have to break the connection wouldn't you ? I feel that its something to do with the BIOS setting, becuase i tried another dvd in, and got the same result, unless all 3 cables are stuffed, like i am now :) Anyway thanks a million, gonna give it and myself a rest now. thanks very much everyone., i will give a shot later on. |
Tontoe (9961) | ||
| 441533 | 2006-03-31 01:44:00 | Still in trouble, I have had a look in device manager, looking at the IDE section, this what i get : IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers intel[r]82801 EB ultra storage controllers this repaeated under it again, Primary IDE channel again repeated under this Secondary IDE channel repeated again under this Anyone know what i should do now, i sincely appreciate any help |
Tontoe (9961) | ||
| 441534 | 2006-04-01 07:40:00 | I have tried everything possible to get this dvd/ writer to install, i come accross some info on the web, that if you got into the registry and deleted a couple of files the cdrom would come back on again, i tried this but the 2 files were not there, so something has truly stuffed up. So if its possible could i use a floppy disc to format the drive, then hopefully be able to use my cdrom to reinstall windows again ?? could i do this or would it work ? i have tried to fix this for ages now but got nothing for all its worth. :badpc: thanks |
Tontoe (9961) | ||
| 441535 | 2006-04-01 10:00:00 | Since you said that this was a new computer/install I would be inclined to try for a completely fresh install of Windows again. By that I mean format and start again. If this doesn't work then some part of your hardware will be the culprit. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
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