CD-ROM Trouble (Updated)

[Jitsu]

My cd rom will install and play off any cd thats put into it and I can also properly view what is in the drive.

When a program tries to detect the drive (such as a game that requires the cd to be in the drive, or also my cd-copier software) It does not detect the drive.

In device manager it says that the drive is working properly. Everything says that the drive is working properly except when the programs try to access it.

Whats the problem?

I KNOW its not the cd drive itself because I have two drives that I swapped and they both have the same problem. I only have one drive hooked up right now, like usual.

 

[Mavtech]

Switch it out with another drive to see if its the drive or the computer (IDE channel or cable).

 

[Jitsu]

I did, its not the drive itself. Could it possibly be the IDE cable? I'll try switching them around.

 

[Mavtech]

Could be the IDE channel or the cable. Try putting it on another channel. You just have to troubleshoot and try to narrow it down.

 

[Jitsu]

Drives:
CD-RW Drive... NEC NR-7900A
DVD-RW Drive...TDK 840G
Both of these do everything else perfect but read game cd's that are in their drives when the game checks to see if the cd is in the drive.

I have two HD's hooked up on the primary IDE cable slot on my mobo. The slave drive is my old HD from my old system, it still has Windows XP and everything installed on it. The main HD was freshly formatted.

Connection:
On IDE port two, master side of cable. Nothing else on this cable. I have two CD drives but only the NEC has power/IDE cable's to it. Jumper Pin = Master Setting.

Software Sh1t:
In device manager the drive is detected and it is said to be working correctly.
I can read whatever is on the disk's thru my computer.
When I insert a CD the autorun always makes the CD start up.

System Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-7n400 PRO2
Microsoft Windows XP Pro

Reinstalled the games numerous times and did a HD format and windows re-install last night to no avail.

 

[Mavtech]

It isn't good to have 2 hard drives on one IDE channel. Try putting your main hard drive as the master and then the CD drive as the slave on the same channel. Put the other Hard drive on the second IDE channel. That may be the solution. Just have to play around with it.

 

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by: Mavtech
It isn't good to have 2 hard drives on one IDE channel. Try putting your main hard drive as the master and then the CD drive as the slave on the same channel. Put the other Hard drive on the second IDE channel. That may be the solution. Just have to play around with it.

You're having a laugh aren't you? Where did you come up with the idea that it wasn't a good idea to have 2 hdd's on the same channel but it was ok to have an hdd and a cd on the same channel?

You should only put a CD on the same channel as an hdd if you have no other choice, yes some hdd's don't like being on the same channel as another but they are in the minority.

Mnementh

 

[Mavtech]

Oops..I may have botched that up a bit. I was at work when I was typing. I realized that after I looked at it again. I'm retarded. I was a little bit backwards. I know that you want as much of your data going across IDE channels as opposed to going to the same channel. I had the hard drive/CD Rom thing backwards.

 

[Mnementh]

Heh, we've all got things backwards occasionally, I agree that if you can then you want to put hdd's on seperate channels unless there is a cd somewhere in the mix (ie 99.999999999% of systems nowadays )

Here's to SATA taking off big time so we no longer have to worry about this master and slave rubbish and what should go where etc...

Mnementh

 

[Mavtech]

Yep. I have a SATA Raptor on the way. $130 from Dell. That will be my system drive.

 

[Jitsu]

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[Jitsu]

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