Dvd rom truble

jackfb13 · Post by **jackfb13** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:29 pm

I have been trying (unsucsesfully) To install an old dvdrom but windows me says its not there. I even down loaded a driver for it but still...

nothing

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:53 pm

It could be any of a number of problems.

What are the jumper settings?
How is the IDE cable plugged in?
Is it on its own IDE bus or is the bus shared with another device?
If it's shared, does the other device operate normally?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:20 pm

Is the version of Windows Home?
Have you check the device manager to see if it's enabled?

jackfb13 · Post by **jackfb13** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:24 pm

bicostp wrote:It could be any of a number of problems.

What are the jumper settings?
How is the IDE cable plugged in?
Is it on its own IDE bus or is the bus shared with another device?
If it's shared, does the other device operate normally?

It's not buy itself it's set to slave , the other drive works fine IDE do you mean ribbon cable? if so yes i have had another drive on it before too

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:20 pm

IDE cables look like this:

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1===2==========3

Device 1 should be master, device 2 should be slave, and 3 should go to the motherboard. (Better yet use 80 conductor ribbon cable and set everything to Cable Select.)

Is your other device set to slave too?
Does the drive work in another machine?

jackfb13 · Post by **jackfb13** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:57 pm

the other drive is master.i don't have anoter machine to test it on