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CD DVD not recg. by sys. on boot
Installed another processor (in my DELL 4100) and flashed with an Intel P10 bios.. all is fast & fine but I can't get the CD/DVD disk's to be recognized on boot. Don't see either drive in Sys. Hardware.
Been reading and working with different settings that I read about on the internet, but nothings working. Yes, I've done the CMOS reset and plugged/ unplugged the white cables to the backs of both drives.
Sorry, if I should be placing this in Bios but none of the adjustments I've read about have worked for me. I'm sure missing something so I thought I'd ask here as you all have bailed me out plenty of times.
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Posted October 27th, 2007 15:00
Preditor, yes the NVRAM was cleared.And for turning on for the first boot (with the new chip) I discovered that "auto" didn't work, I had to go to "user". Then I could boot via the Maxtor harddrive. I have all the IDE devices on user.So, Maybe I should try for "auto" in the IDE CD-ROM area of boot?289
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Posted October 27th, 2007 21:00
Please keep in mind that when I see "...flashed with an Intel P10 bios...", I concede my knowledge about your system is limited. I would throw out the Dell cable select convention and try jumpers set to master/slave. HOWEVER, you must use a different 40-wire IDE cable, the kind without the little gap in the one wire.
Message Edited by osprey4 on 10-27-2007 07:00 PM289
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Posted October 27th, 2007 21:00
Hi Ti,
I am sorry, I may have gave you the wrong impression or totally missing your reply. It was not my intention to change the boot order. Some Dell systems in the BIOS use "Auto" detect for the IDE Channels; so I wanted you to check the Secondary IDE channel to make sure it was not turned off and/or the drives turned off for some unknown reason.
John~Osprey has one the 4100 series, I will ask him to look in on your thread here and see if he can help.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Message Edited by Predator on 10-27-2007 07:05 PM
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Posted October 27th, 2007 15:00
Hi Tibailey,
When you say Cleared the CMOS, I am assuming "Clearing the NVRAM" and also you made sure that the IDE channel in the BIOS is set to Auto and/or that both drives are turned on, correct?
If the above is correct, lets run the article on the Upper & Lower filters. Please click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 100, article 31. Ignore the reference to Roxio.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.
CD/RW Link