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| Thread ID: 67426 | 2006-03-27 07:48:00 | Help with installing a DVD ReWriter | rogsv8 (8994) | Press F1 |
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| 441172 | 2006-03-27 07:48:00 | Hi...i have installed a new DVD ReWriter,below my old CD-ROM drive in the spare 5.25 inch slot,all hooked up as per instructions,both have power.....BUT,when both are hooked up on the same 60mm IDE flat cable...none of them works,if i hook up just one(either one)...then that one works,...when both hooked up...nothing working,and no CD logo showing when i go into "my computer".I only have the one IDE flat cable,with provision for two connecters on it.Is this some software issue. Thankyou for any good advice :) Roger |
rogsv8 (8994) | ||
| 441173 | 2006-03-27 07:59:00 | You will have to set one of them to be the slave (jumper settings) as it sounds like both are currently set to master (normal default). | gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 441174 | 2006-03-27 08:01:00 | You have to go into the BIOS and configure both (under secondary primary Master/slave). The BIOS has to see them before windows can. Also, make sure you jumper them (on the back) to Master and Slave. Otherwise, they'll conflict, if they're both on Master or Slave. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 441175 | 2006-03-27 08:04:00 | Hi...i have installed a new DVD ReWriter,below my old CD-ROM drive in the spare 5.25 inch slot,all hooked up as per instructions,both have power.....BUT,when both are hooked up on the same 60mm IDE flat cable...none of them works,if i hook up just one(either one)...then that one works,...when both hooked up...nothing working,and no CD logo showing when i go into "my computer".I only have the one IDE flat cable,with provision for two connecters on it.Is this some software issue. Thankyou for any good advice :) Roger Er, they are probably both jumpered as Master. On the back on the drive, where your IDE cable plugs in, there are pins that can be jumpered. The drive should have some instructions on this. Either make oen drive the master and one the slave OR set them to use the "cable select" jumper. There is also the possibility they simply do't work with each other. Check your BIOS setup too. additional info (reviews.cnet.com) |
gibler (49) | ||
| 441176 | 2006-03-27 08:12:00 | You have to go into the BIOS and configure both (under secondary primary Master/slave). The BIOS has to see them before windows can. Also, make sure you jumper them (on the back) to Master and Slave. Otherwise, they'll conflict, if they're both on Master or Slave. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 441177 | 2006-03-27 08:39:00 | You have to go into the BIOS and configure both (under secondary primary Master/slave). The BIOS has to see them before windows can. Also, make sure you jumper them (on the back) to Master and Slave. Otherwise, they'll conflict, if they're both on Master or Slave. Moving the jumper on one of the drives to slave should fix it - no need to go into the BIOS. I've seen a lot of people have this problem |
Greven (91) | ||
| 441178 | 2006-03-27 10:30:00 | Moving the jumper on one of the drives to slave should fix it - no need to go into the BIOS . I've seen a lot of people have this problem Well, maybe . BUT not always . A lot of people find out that something wont appear in Windows, coz they didnt configure it in the BIOS first . And if it doesnt appear in the BIOS or the post screen, then it wont appear in Windows either . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 441179 | 2006-03-27 11:42:00 | If it doesn't appear in the POST screen does not mean it won't appear in Windows. In fact the CDROM devices have little to do with the BIOS apart from, if you do wish to boot from a CDROM then by all means make sure it gets detected, otherwise it's safe to let Windows find the drive for you, since Windows rarely relies on the BIOS information. It's safe to not detect them at all. I have multiple DVD/CDROM devices connected but only have 1 detected by the BIOS for Booting from, the rest I've disabled from being looked for to make it pass the post screen quicker, just a pity I can't speed the 2GB memory check. I think this problem has been answered though, it's most likely both drives are set to master. The only problem you would face with the BIOS would be if you have User Defined Hard Drive settings set, which were incorrect with the device attached. (Using User Defined over Auto detect again is faster). Or you've disabled the Secondary Controller, however most these problems will have errors provided by the POST. If you don't believe the BIOS check with CDROM, then test it out, it's probably the only way to learn it unless you're into bios modding. It's usually a good idea to dedicate only one of your CDROM devices for booting anyways, since it also speeds up the checking the CDROM device for bootable media, since you only have to wait upon 1 drive and not the others you may have. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 441180 | 2006-03-28 07:34:00 | Thanks for the help so far.... The original CD ROM drive jumper was set to "CS",and i switched it to slave,and made the DVD ReWriter the master,both trays open and shut ,and i can see the CD logos(x2) when i go into "my computer",but when i put a CD into one or the other,evrything freezes up.I went into the BIOS,and this is what it looked like; IDE Configuration IDE Controller[both] Primary IDE Master[Quantum fireball lct2] Primary IDE Slave[not installed] Secondary IDE Master[DVD......] Secondary IDE Slave[CRD........] Does this look right?Or is it something else? Cheers Roger |
rogsv8 (8994) | ||
| 441181 | 2006-03-28 07:47:00 | that looks right. the freezing up is probably something to do with autorun. I forget how to disable autorun, but google it & see if it works with autorun disabled. | Greven (91) | ||
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