Sorry I should have stated this before, there is no O/S on this server yet. I need the DVD to install the OS.
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Browse All TopicsI have a Dell Poweredge 2650. It has a Teac CD-224E CD-ROM manufactured jan 2003 and everythingis working fine. I need to upgrade to a DVD-ROM drive. I bought a CD-R/RW/DVD-ROM drive model DS-24CZP. When I install the DVD and restart the server, all lights flash, the DVD is getting power, what I'm not getting is video. If I switch back to the CD everything works fine again. I have tried another DVD-ROM of the same make and type thinking it might be a bad DVD player.
Any suggestions?
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My guess would be that the connector is not lining up with the pins correctly. When you install the drive, does it look like the cable fits as tightly as with the CDROM drive? An improper alignment would cause the signals to be incorrect and prevent bootup. The other DVD drive causes the same symptoms?
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by: MotoCrazyPosted on 2008-01-23 at 20:51:13ID: 20730715
Since you are removing an old drive and replacing it with a new one, did you uninstall the old one first? There may be a driver conflict going on. In Device Manager (Assuming Windows OS since not specified), uninstall the Teac first, then power off and install the Lite-On and boot up. Let Windows install new hardware and see what happens.