DVD-RAM Disappears

[airhd823]

I have a sata dvd-ram drive, and a IDE 400 GB Seagate harddrive. I have the 965 chipset,

so only one ide port. Thus, the purchase of the SATA Sony Optiarc DVD-RAM drive.

Now to the problem, all of a sudden, my drive started disappearing, and sometimes the

POST screen states, Detecting IDE Drives.... and waits for a long time. Now, the POST Screen is fine, i hope, but the drive still disappears. THE POST Screen says, IDE Master 0: Sony Optiarc.

BUT. the drive is disappearing on my computer and is not detected under BIOS. HELP!


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[montag451]

First of all do the easy stuff.

Make sure your drives are plugged in correctly - checking jumpers (are they set on CS?)

If all is ok on that front, try unplugging the SATA dvd, and see if that makes a difference.

Post back with the results.
Good luck.

 

[airhd823]

Well it started finally to work, all I did was reconnect the DVD-RAm to Sata 3 connector. It worked for some time...BUT..occasionally it doesnt find the drive.

Again, I have a 400 GB Hard Drive set on Master on the IDe, and the SATA DVD-ROM which states is also on master (which I can't change, because no pins)

So, is my setup wrong?

 

[airhd823]

Is it conflicting, it first started happening when i connected a faulty hdd in an enclosure, but I immediately took it out, till then, i been having problems with the internal parts.

 

[airhd823]

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[airhd823]

HELP!! lol, Please

 

[airhd823]

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