Re: a7n8x Deluxe - Optical Drives Master/Slave Problem



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"Bob Badger" <sjdavies47@xxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Hi,
>
> I'm a newbie and have a problem I just can't figure out. My system is:
>
> a7n8x Deluxe
> Primary IDE - Master 80GB HD
> Slave 40GB HD
> Secondary IDE Master TEAC CD RW
> Slave Compaq (Panasonic) DVD
> 512 MB RAM
> 6600GT Graphics Card
> AMD 2400+ XP
> Win Xp Pro
>
> My hard drives work fine as does my TEAC CD RW, but I can't get the DVD
> to work as the slave on the second IDE. The TEAC is set to cable choice
> and the DVD is set to Slave on the jumpers.
>

That's the problem: you either have both set as master/slave (preferable) or
both as cable select, not mix'n'match :-)



> The DVD is getting power as I can open and close the draw. The BIOS is
> picking up that something is running as the 2nd slave, but puts a
> gibberish description when booting up.
>
> Windows sometimes picks up that there is a new cd installed, but won't
> let you read any kind of disk from it. It gives a message of "disk is
> corrupt..." . Also rather stangely when you select eject for the CDRW
> in windows, it opens the draws for both drives!!!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Bob
>


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