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Author Topic: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW  (Read 3807 times)

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fly1600U

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    After a newly added CD-RW drive was added to the computers secondary IDE BUS in addition to the already existing CD ROM drive and now the computer will not recognize either one. Could the problem be both were set to master or both were set to slave? OS-Vista SP2

    Salmon Trout

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    Re: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW
    « Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 03:47:50 PM »
    Could the problem be both were set to master or both were set to slave?

    It could be. Why don't you look at the jumpers?


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      Re: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW
      « Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 03:57:39 PM »
      I am helping a friend and do not have the computer at hand.

      Allan

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      Re: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW
      « Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 03:58:41 PM »
      Until you are sitting in front of the computer (or your friend posts directly) there's not much we can do.

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        Re: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW
        « Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 04:01:45 PM »
        Thanks, I'll suggest checking the jumpers and go from there.

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        Re: Computer will not reconize eith CD-RW or CD ROM after install of CD-RW
        « Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 07:24:49 AM »
        IDE cabling:


        MB=======================================Slave===========Master.
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