natimage Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 After following the instructions...it doesn't work. So...here's the scoop. I have 4 drives on computer to include the following: 1. Hard drive 2. Floppy disk drive (3 1/2) 3. CD/RW (older one...won't read RWs anymore, but does everything else) 4. CD/RW (new) I didn't mess with the hard drive or floppy. I disconnected old CD/RW...disconnected jumpers (hope that's the right word for the wide grey cables)...reconnected new jumper to motherboard...connected middle slot of jumper to old CD/RW and set as slave...connected end of jumper to new CD/RW and set as master. Upon reboot, the computer found the new CD/RW, but when I put the disk in to load software, it just sits there. When I go to explore and click on that drive...it does not read the CD, it just sits there. When I look in the Device Manager, it says the drive is good to go. Computer is no longer finding the old CD/RW. Both drives do have power!! I'm not a hardware geek yet, so please bless me with some knowledge...THANKS! Quote
natimage Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 sorry...WindowsXP Home edition... Quote
natimage Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 UPDATE I went into the device manager for the new drive and UNchecked the "enable digital audio" box. The new drive will now read the software installation cd. Haven't tried other CDs yet. Computer is still not finding the old CD/RW. It does not show up in explore and is not listed in the hardware device manager. Any thoughts? Quote
natimage Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 It's working now...I am NOT telling anyone why the second drive wasn't working... Quote
Madmanmcp Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 Sorry I got here too late. Here are some simple instructions to follow. http://www.clothingtraining.org.hk/itlab/tips/cdrw.htm Quote
TCH-Rob Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 Tracy, Did you not connect the ribbon cable to the old R/W that you left in? Quote
natimage Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 If you must know...I did connect the ribbon cable, just not very well. Then, after I reconnected the cable, I forgot to plug the cursed thing back into the power! Quote
Lianna Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 So much for the 'plug-n-play' notion, eh? 'Salright Tracy, happens to all of us at one time or another. I did the same thing with a secondary hard drive once. Quote
natimage Posted January 19, 2004 Author Posted January 19, 2004 Thanks Lianna...it's hard not to feel like a complete moron when you waste two hours of your day trying to figure out why something won't work when you didn't even plug it in properly!!!! Quote
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