computer only reading slave optic drive, not loading windows

[Kabob]

OK, my computer is a bit messed up. Windows will not load at all as it is, and the BIOS only shows my CD-RW drive and not my master DVD-Rom drive.

I just built this machine, yet it is still not working. Any clues as to what the problem is?? The only new part I put in (from my old setup, which worked fine) are:

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 mobo
Winchester 3200+ CPU

Everything else I pulled from my s754 system...

 

[Zucarita9000]

Are you saying that is doesn't see the HDD?

 

[Kabob]

It sees my one (IDE 1) HDD, but it only shows the slave CD-RW, it does not show the master (IDE slot 2) DVD-Rom drive.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: kabob983
It sees my one (IDE 1) HDD, but it only shows the slave CD-RW, it does not show the master (IDE slot 2) DVD-Rom drive.

could be the ide cable or the drive(s) jumper(s)..try the DVDRom as the only device(check the drive's jumper set either as Master or CS..whichever shows up and works) on the cable..to see if it is seen..

 

[Kabob]

Ok, I unplugged the CD-RW drive and now it detects only my DVD-Rom as a slave drive. Does this mean I have the jumper on both set to slave?? I wouldn't think that could be, as I pulled them both from an old Dell system and both have worked fine before... What are the jumper positions for Master/Slave on the optic drives??

Is there any possibility that the motherboard could be bad, or just not like my components?? Should I RMA it and try a different board?? Maybe the MSI Neo2 Plat. or Asus A8V-Deluxe??

What do you all think?? I'd really like to save time and just fix this thing...

 

[onesNzeros]

Ok, I unplugged the CD-RW drive and now it detects only my DVD-Rom as a slave drive. Does this mean I have the jumper on both set to slave??

Sounds that way but not sure why, if it worked okay before. You might want to pull both drives and see what their jumpers are set to. Hopefully they put labels on the tops of the drives showing what the jumper configurations are? You might have one set to "cable select" (probably the one on the second connector of the end of the IDE cable) and the other to "slave". I'm not sure how the system would react to that but either way I'd start by checking the jumpers and see what you find out.

 

[stevty2889]

Yeah, if they are both set to slave, it will only see one of them, and still cause issues, so I think your pretty much found your problem. Take out one of the drives, to see if it lables the jumper settings, and change of them to master..