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DVD/RW drives and CDRW/DVD combo drives?
I have a 8400 the samsung DVD-ROM I had in it stoped working so i got a lite-on cdrw/dvd combo drive. I took the pioneer DVR-110D that i had in a ext. encloser and put in the computer with the lite-on cdrw/dvd combo drive. At first i was showing up in the Bios and in windows, but everytime I started windows it would say new hardware found and it would show up in windows. Now i dont get the New hardware found at boot up and windows dosn't see the drive at all, but it is still showing in the bios. This is very werid so could someone please HELP ME!!!!!!
- Now i also have a ext. hard drive firewire, if its not connected all drives show up, but if i connect it the lite on will not show up. I have drives set up as pioneer - master, lite-on - slave.
Message Edited by crmart79 on 03-16-2006 03:30 PM
Message Edited by crmart79 on 03-16-2006 03:31 PM
Predator
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Posted March 16th, 2006 18:00
Hi Crmart,
Lets see if we can start fresh.
If the two drives are showing up in Device Manager, select them and click uninstall, then shutdown. If they are not showing up, shutdown, open the case and remove each drive, re-start the system and let Windows load normally, then shut down once more. Dell ships their systems using the Cable Select jumper settings, so on the back of each drive, place the small plastic shunt over the two pins labeled for Cable Select, may be CS, CSEL or cable. Place the Pioneer in the Top Bay, "end" connection, the Lite-on in the Middle Bay, middle connection.
turn the system on, enter the BIOS and verify that both drives are "on", save/exit.
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Message Edited by Predator on 03-16-2006 09:33 PM