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CDRW + DVD Drive, cdrw not reading disks cds
Hi everyone, Ive recently upgraded my pc and reinstalled xp, but i'm having the following problems.
Windows recognizes both cdrw and dvd drive but when I put a disk into the cdrw drive it says "no disk inserted" and i can only write to the disk.
Here is how I've set my computer up.
Primary Master - Main Hard Drive - IDE-0
Primary Slave - Secondary backup hard drive - IDE-1
Secondary Master - Optowrite CDRW Druve
Secondary Slave - ATAPI DVD-Rom Drive
I set the CDRW to master and DVD to slave. However my second hard drive isn't set at all, but my main hard drive is set to primary.
Does anyone recognize the problem ? Someone said it might be somethign to do with bios settings or IRQ or on the same channel, but I don't know what this means>
Shall I try this combo ? Will it slow my hard drives down ?
Primary Master - Main Hard Drive - IDE-0
Primary Slave - DVD Rom Drive
Secondary Master Backup Hard Drive - IDE-1
Secondary Slave - CDRW Drive
Is there something I am missing, they were both working before (although my dvd drive didn't recognize all disks, mainly because it's 5 year old dvd drive and I can't be bothered purchasing another one). My Dvd drive used to be the master on my old xp system.
Have I connected the ribbon cables incorrectly or does it not matter ?
I've installed aspi, drivers, nero, XP SP 1, still my cdrw doesn't work. Shall I try updating drivers for the CDRW ?
Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou.
Windows recognizes both cdrw and dvd drive but when I put a disk into the cdrw drive it says "no disk inserted" and i can only write to the disk.
Here is how I've set my computer up.
Primary Master - Main Hard Drive - IDE-0
Primary Slave - Secondary backup hard drive - IDE-1
Secondary Master - Optowrite CDRW Druve
Secondary Slave - ATAPI DVD-Rom Drive
I set the CDRW to master and DVD to slave. However my second hard drive isn't set at all, but my main hard drive is set to primary.
Does anyone recognize the problem ? Someone said it might be somethign to do with bios settings or IRQ or on the same channel, but I don't know what this means>
Shall I try this combo ? Will it slow my hard drives down ?
Primary Master - Main Hard Drive - IDE-0
Primary Slave - DVD Rom Drive
Secondary Master Backup Hard Drive - IDE-1
Secondary Slave - CDRW Drive
Is there something I am missing, they were both working before (although my dvd drive didn't recognize all disks, mainly because it's 5 year old dvd drive and I can't be bothered purchasing another one). My Dvd drive used to be the master on my old xp system.
Have I connected the ribbon cables incorrectly or does it not matter ?
I've installed aspi, drivers, nero, XP SP 1, still my cdrw doesn't work. Shall I try updating drivers for the CDRW ?
Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou.
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It doesn't show in the bios settings, when I hit DEL to go into the bios settings, it identifies everything correctly the way it has been setup, pri master slave sec pri slav etc.
But when it's doing the POST and then it shows those strange results, I'll try a different ribbon, does it matter what way the ribbons are plugged in and which sides you use ??
But when it's doing the POST and then it shows those strange results, I'll try a different ribbon, does it matter what way the ribbons are plugged in and which sides you use ??
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I don't honestly know how many pin IDE cable is it, all i know it fits into the motherboard, it's just the normal ones, slightly bigger than the floppy ones, i think its 40-pin.
My motherboard is ATX, I think they can only fit in one way,
Is there anything else I can try ? How about drivers ? Or shall I delete the IDE thing in device drivers then restart and see if it auto detects it and fixes it ?
Is there anything I can do in the device manager or Bios settings before I open the pc up ?? and tinker with hardware ??
My motherboard is ATX, I think they can only fit in one way,
Is there anything else I can try ? How about drivers ? Or shall I delete the IDE thing in device drivers then restart and see if it auto detects it and fixes it ?
Is there anything I can do in the device manager or Bios settings before I open the pc up ?? and tinker with hardware ??
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I see, so how should i try to get it to be recognized correctly by the bios ? and when it posts ?
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I've tried everything, but still it won't be detected. Here is what I have tried.
Tried it like this:
Primary Master - HD 1
Primary Slave - CDRW
Secondary Master - nil
Secondary Slave - nil
All the jumpers are correct.
I've tried resetting the cmos, no luck.
I've tried:
Primary Master - HD1
Primary Slave - nil
Secondary Master - CDRW
Secondary Slave - nil
I've even upgraded the firmware to the latest from www.optirite.com website.
Now I have it back to what it was, apart from DVD is Master and CDRW Slave.
What else can I do ? Any ideas/suggestions?
Tried it like this:
Primary Master - HD 1
Primary Slave - CDRW
Secondary Master - nil
Secondary Slave - nil
All the jumpers are correct.
I've tried resetting the cmos, no luck.
I've tried:
Primary Master - HD1
Primary Slave - nil
Secondary Master - CDRW
Secondary Slave - nil
I've even upgraded the firmware to the latest from www.optirite.com website.
Now I have it back to what it was, apart from DVD is Master and CDRW Slave.
What else can I do ? Any ideas/suggestions?
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btw, when I put a cd in the CDRW it flashes green a few times then it flashes red once then back to green then it stops flashing (the led on the drive).
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I've just realised, my cd doesn't burn, I thought it burned, because in my computer I could open the drive and I had the option of "write files" but when i tried this, it didn't detect any cd's, increasing points again to 1000
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It can't be the motherboard, because it's brand new, I think it's more to do with software or bios settings. Because I am getting power to the drive and it's being recognized. Unless it's incompatible with the board ?? How do i know what chipset I need ?
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Im going to try tonight on another system, it was working fine before I formatted and reinstalled windows xp with my new hardware.
Now it flashes a red light then it goes green.
Now it flashes a red light then it goes green.
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i see, but i have tried different ide slot, and it still doesn't work, so it can't be the motherboard,
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Hi, I've solved the problem, I just bought a new LiteOn DVDRW and it's working great so is my dvd rom drive, and now im happy, but i think it was an imcompatibility with the drive itself, and the motherboard,
thanks for the help guys, I think it's just easier buyuing a new drive, and I wanted a dvdrw anyway,
thanks for the help, ill split poitns to people
thanks for the help guys, I think it's just easier buyuing a new drive, and I wanted a dvdrw anyway,
thanks for the help, ill split poitns to people
adrenalindx:
Just for future reference...you don't have to split hte points quite so aggressively. You can just choose 1 comment from each person you want to award points to. Glad you got it working (and I think you'll be happier with a DVD-RW drive anyway!)
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Just for future reference...you don't have to split hte points quite so aggressively. You can just choose 1 comment from each person you want to award points to. Glad you got it working (and I think you'll be happier with a DVD-RW drive anyway!)
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is there anything in the bios that I might need 2 check, because when I startup my bios says
Secondary Master - ATAPI DVD detected
Secondary Slave - ATAPI DVD detetcted
It should say "OPTOWRITE CDRW" isntead of ATAPI DVD on the Secondary Slave. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Any Ideas?