Epox 8k7a IDE problems

[TheGrandHooHa]

HELP ME!!!

Today, I got my burner in. So I hooked the hard drive up as Primary Master, the DVD up as Primary Slave, and the burner up as Secondary Master. Now, without the DVD drive connected as a slave, the system works fine and detects both the DVD and the hard drive. However, with the DVD connected as a slave, the computer only detects the CD-RW, and does not detect the hard drive or the DVD. I have tried several cables, so the cable isn't bad. It is hooked up correctly (red on right for everything... correct?). I am stumped. Please HELP!!!!!!

Scared,
TGHH

 

[rickn]

go into your bios, and for your UDMA settings, set them from [auto] to [disabled] for the DVD and the burner.

 

[igowerf]

Make sure that when you switch drives around, that the jumpers on the drive are set correctly. I assume that before you got the CDRW, the DVD was the secondary master. The hard drive may be set as master without a slave (single drive) or the DVD may still be set as master.

 

[Macro2]

Check your jumpers first before messing with the bios.

BTW, Some HDs like WD have two master settings depending on whether or not there is a slave attached on the same channel. Both work, one is faster.

Mac

 

[TheGrandHooHa]

Yeah, duh me. I totally spaced out the jumpers. Thanks for all the suggestions folks.