No CD Drive

[ding5550123]

My cd drives are not recognized by my computer. They don't even open! The pwr connecter is in right. Also the ATA cable is in right. I am using a rounded ata cable. What is wrong with my drives??

 

[Ricemarine]

is the CD-Rom detected in your bios?

 

[ding5550123]

Pretty Sure

 

[amdskip]

Boot your computer without the ide cable(s) unhooked see if they will open then.

 

[ding5550123]

ok

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, If it never worked you may have set Master/Slave and some round cables are Cable Select. If that's the case try setting CS on both drives on the cable. CS cables usually have color coded connectors and position on the cable sets which is C: and which is D: etc. Luck, Jim

 

[alcoholbob]

If you see a blinking light but the drives still don't open, that's usually a sign of a dieing (or dead) motor.

 

[ShellGuy]

My first question would be do they light up. Then worry about CS and things of that nature.



Will G.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Boot your computer without the ide cable(s) unhooked see if they will open then.

Yeah, if that happens, bad IDE cable.

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: JimPhelpsMI
Hi, If it never worked you may have set Master/Slave and some round cables are Cable Select. If that's the case try setting CS on both drives on the cable. CS cables usually have color coded connectors and position on the cable sets which is C: and which is D: etc. Luck, Jim

Both are on CS

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
If you see a blinking light but the drives still don't open, that's usually a sign of a dieing (or dead) motor.

They do not light up

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Boot your computer without the ide cable(s) unhooked see if they will open then.

Now they open. So do i have a bad IDE Cable??

 

[erikistired]

CS is the devil. try setting them for master/slave and go from there.

 

[ding5550123]

ooooooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

[erikistired]

and leave it that way! and if it still gives you fits swap in another ide cable, but don't put them back on cs!

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: ding5550123

Originally posted by: amdskip
Boot your computer without the ide cable(s) unhooked see if they will open then.

Now they open. So do i have a bad IDE Cable??

Yup, 99% sure.

 

[ding5550123]

Never mind All better

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: ding5550123
Never mind All better

So, what was it?

 

[ta8689]

master/slave problem ill guess. As fisher said, Cs is the devil!

 

[Googer]

If one drive on the ATA Bus is set to master/slave and the other sharing that ribbon/bus is set to Cable Select then one or both of the drives will not be visible to the computer.

 

[bamacre]

Yeah, I've never had a problem with CS, as long as both drives are set to CS.

 

[ding5550123]

CS Problem

 

[pkme2]

Ran into the same problem when I tried connecting my LG DVD burner and my mobile rack. The Burner was recognized and my mobile rack wasn't.
Had mobile set to CS, and resolved the problem by switching to slave (round cables).