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Windows 2000 does not detect CD ROM Drive
I just bought a P4 2.4Ghz motherboard and 512MB RAM and installed it myself. I hooked everything up correctly becuase it booted to windows 2000 but the CD ROM drives were not found when windows booted. I have a DVD and a CDR daisy chained into IDE 2 on the motherboard. The jumpers were originally on CSEL (Cable Select) and it was not found. I switched the jumpers to master for one drive and slave for the other and vice versa. But windows still doesen't find a CD ROM. I cannot use my video card or sound card or play games until this is resloved. PLEASE HELP. If you need any other system information let me know.
I would start the drive/cable install over. pull the flat ribbon cable, make sure it is connected to the mainboard correctly (pin one to pin one), verify that one of the CD drives is jumpered MASTER, leave the other drive off for now, connect the power cable... see if it boots with that CD being recognized. If not, is that IDE port enabled in the BIOS?
DO the drives appear when the computer POSTs (this is before win 2k is loaded?
If they do not, I would go back and make sure the cabling is correct. make sure IDE red side is closest to power connector.
If the cabling is correct and the drives are not detected I would go into the BIOS and check to see if the ide channels are set to auto-detect devices.
If they do not, I would go back and make sure the cabling is correct. make sure IDE red side is closest to power connector.
If the cabling is correct and the drives are not detected I would go into the BIOS and check to see if the ide channels are set to auto-detect devices.
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make usre you have all the 2K drivers