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Postby DrunkinMonkey58 on Sun Jan 12, 2003 10:31 pm

i bought a new dvd rom. and put it in my computer. and my PC didn't recognize any of the drives. then i took one drive out and then it will recognize one. same results with either drive..

what can I do to get my computer to recognize both the drives together?
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Postby BoGMan1a on Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:05 pm

I know this is a silly question, but did you set the jumpers correctly? I mean that you might have possibly set both as either slave or master, or even had them previously set as C-select and then set the new one as slave/master or vice-versa. I have even actually set the ribbon connector in backwards before when installing a drive :oops: . It really pays to step back take a breath and re-check the obvious sometimes. Just a suggestion, and good luck with your problem.
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Postby DrunkinMonkey58 on Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:16 pm

yes the jumpers are set corectly
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Postby DrunkinMonkey58 on Mon Jan 13, 2003 2:00 pm

can someone please help me
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Postby Ian on Mon Jan 13, 2003 2:56 pm

Does the BIOS recognize both? Or is it a Windows issue.

Honestly, it sounds like jumpers to me too. Try another IDE cable otherwise.
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Postby DrunkinMonkey58 on Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:26 pm

Ian wrote:Does the BIOS recognize both? Or is it a Windows issue.

Honestly, it sounds like jumpers to me too. Try another IDE cable otherwise.


but I can switch the jumpers and everything. but they can only work SOLO. not together. I've tried every combination. and it doesn't work.

say if i hook 2 of them up none work. then if i unplug one the other one will work...
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Postby BuddhaTB on Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:28 pm

Did you try putting one of them on the primary IDE controller with the jumper set to slave and the other on the secondary IDE controller with the jumper set to master?
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Postby DrunkinMonkey58 on Tue Jan 14, 2003 11:24 am

BuddhaTB wrote:Did you try putting one of them on the primary IDE controller with the jumper set to slave and the other on the secondary IDE controller with the jumper set to master?


what do you mean? IDE controller?
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