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From: Edwin Sineath on 5 Apr 2010 15:35 Posted this earlier, here's the latest: I changed the CDROM. The new one powers up at boot but doesn't show up in BIOS. I changed cable, set jumper to master, re-booted. No difference from when jumper was set to cable select. Have no idea what's going on. The other CDROM would show up in BIOS just fine but would not boot when a bootable CD was in the drive and BIOS set to boot from CD first. The CDROM is definitely getting power, I see the red light come on at boot. I have no idea what could be wrong, it's not like this is complicated. I mean, all you have to do is plug in the cable from the motherboard, plug in the power, and set the jumper, right?
From: Jeff Strickland on 5 Apr 2010 15:41 "Edwin Sineath" <piedmont79(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:LLqdneudgPkPpifWnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > Posted this earlier, here's the latest: > > I changed the CDROM. The new one powers up at boot but doesn't show up in > BIOS. I changed cable, set jumper to master, re-booted. No difference > from when jumper was set to cable select. Have no idea what's going on. > The other CDROM would show up in BIOS just fine but would not boot when a > bootable CD was in the drive and BIOS set to boot from CD first. > > The CDROM is definitely getting power, I see the red light come on at > boot. I have no idea what could be wrong, it's not like this is > complicated. I mean, all you have to do is plug in the cable from the > motherboard, plug in the power, and set the jumper, right? You have to load the drivers. Without the proper driver, the machine will not see the CD.
From: Baron on 5 Apr 2010 15:47 Edwin Sineath Inscribed thus: > Posted this earlier, here's the latest: > > I changed the CDROM. The new one powers up at boot but doesn't show > up > in BIOS. I changed cable, set jumper to master, re-booted. No > difference from when jumper was set to cable select. Have no idea > what's going on. The other CDROM would show up in BIOS just fine but > would not boot when a bootable CD was in the drive and BIOS set to > boot from CD first. > > The CDROM is definitely getting power, I see the red light come on at > boot. I have no idea what could be wrong, it's not like this is > complicated. I mean, all you have to do is plug in the cable from the > motherboard, plug in the power, and set the jumper, right? Check the data cable is firmly seated at both ends. If it still isn't seen by the BIOS, (make sure its set to "auto") and re-try the original drive. If the original drive is seen Ok and the new one is not, then the new drive could be faulty. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: JD on 5 Apr 2010 17:48 On 05/04/2010 8:47 PM, Baron wrote: > Check the data cable is firmly seated at both ends. > If it still isn't seen by the BIOS, (make sure its set to "auto") and > re-try the original drive. If the original drive is seen Ok and the > new one is not, then the new drive could be faulty. Try the above first. also be aware that there is a correct way round for an IDE (ATA) cable, new cables are colour coded, Blue to the motherboard, Grey (Middle) is slave and Black (End) is Master so set your Jumpers to cable select or check they are in the correct position for where they are on the cable, if your cable is not colour coded then the red stripe goes to "Pin One" on the motherboard Connector there will be a number marking on the motherboard its hard to see, if its a SATA CDROM then the jumpers don't matter as its one device per cable. JD
From: Jeff Strickland on 5 Apr 2010 18:02
"JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message news:4bba5a82$0$2531$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... > On 05/04/2010 8:47 PM, Baron wrote: >> Check the data cable is firmly seated at both ends. >> If it still isn't seen by the BIOS, (make sure its set to "auto") and >> re-try the original drive. If the original drive is seen Ok and the >> new one is not, then the new drive could be faulty. > > Try the above first. > > also be aware that there is a correct way round for an IDE (ATA) cable, > new cables are colour coded, Blue to the motherboard, Grey (Middle) is > slave and Black (End) is Master so set your Jumpers to cable select or > check they are in the correct position for where they are on the cable, if > your cable is not colour coded then the red stripe goes to "Pin One" on > the motherboard Connector there will be a number marking on the > motherboard its hard to see, if its a SATA CDROM then the jumpers don't > matter as its one device per cable. > > JD > If the connectors on the IDE cable are not color-coded, then the the correct orientation is that one end of the cable has a connector all by itself, and the other end has a connector, with a second connector a few inches away. The single connector goes to the motherboard, the end with two connectors goes to the master and slave drive. |