CDROM drive wont show up when SATA HD is connected.

[SonicIce]

I have EPoX 8KDA3J, WD 250gb SATA, and Rosewill DVDROM. When I connect an IDE HD, the optical drive works, but when SATA HD is attatched, optical drive doesn't show in My Computer. Is there some bios settings i need to change?

 

[acole1]

does it not show up in the bios? or the OS...

if bios, first check its plugged in well

OS... check your mobo drivers. i had some bug where, if i installed this one driver it wouldnt recognize my 2nd optical. on my 2nd reload i finaly confirmed that it was, infact, a driver for the mobo. might be something to look into if your problem seems similar.

anyone else?

 

[Green Man]

Check your jumper setting

 

[stevty2889]

You probably need to set your SATA controller to enhanced mode in the bios.

 

[SonicIce]

it doesnt show in the bios. i dont see an enhanced SATA option. jumper is set to master and its on the middle connector on the cable. its weird becaue it works fine when an ide hard drive is connected and not sata.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
it doesnt show in the bios. i dont see an enhanced SATA option. jumper is set to master and its on the middle connector on the cable. its weird becaue it works fine when an ide hard drive is connected and not sata.

Master is the end connection of the IDE cable, slave is for the middle. Not sure if that will help, though.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Avalon

Originally posted by: SonicIce
it doesnt show in the bios. i dont see an enhanced SATA option. jumper is set to master and its on the middle connector on the cable. its weird becaue it works fine when an ide hard drive is connected and not sata.

Master is the end connection of the IDE cable, slave is for the middle. Not sure if that will help, though.

its differant on some systems i think. sometimes it only works this way

 

[Bozo Galora]

the fact its not even seen in bios when SATA drive is install but works fine with IDE install means you do need to change a bios setting. (IDE function setup page)
Like maybe setting prim channel 10???, master??? to PIO mode 4 first to see if DMA setting is the prob, then DMA 1 or 2
Quote pg 4-8 manual
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive. Ultra DMA-100/133 implementation
is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment
includes a DMA driver. If your hard drive and your system software both
support Ultra DMA-100/133, select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS.
Options: Auto, Disabled.
Unquote
Obviously your DVD is not ATA100/133 drive

And set DVD to CSL

might also be a bios bug - latest is 9-8-05
http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/support.php?ps=223&type=1

there are some really major fixes with ea progressive update - they dont seem to know how to write a bios.

I would also make sure nvidia firewall is off.

Edit:
as this is an NF3 mobo, I would look to see if the nforce IDE drivers are loaded and redo them with MS generic

 

[SonicIce]

hey thanks for the help and effort bozo. it looks like i just had a flakey IDE cable. i folded it over a few times and tied it with twisty ties to clean up my case but i guess i messed up the cable .