Smoke Coming Out Of CD Drive

[rh535]

I just built a new computer and i get stuff on the screen but my cd drive wouldn't work. So i got a different cd drive and it didn't work but it just worked in a Dell. But i it worked a one time! And it started to smoke so i took it out but it doesn't work! Any ideas?

P.S. I have tried to different psu's

 

[mechBgon]

More information please, my crystal ball is off at the polishing shop Give a full spec list, including brands and models of the power supplies and all the other parts. If you like, you can hit Quote and replace the sample info below with your own info.

• CORE HARDWARE
  • Power supply Antec TruePower 430
  • Motherboard Asus K8N-E Deluxe
    • Revision 1.03
    • BIOS 1005
  • CPU Athlon64 3000+
    • Core 130nm Clawhammer
  • Memory (2) 512MB Corsair XMS 3200C2 modules
    • Voltage Manually set to 2.7 volts
    • Timings AUTO, results in 2-3-2-6 @ 200MHz
• CARDS
  • Primary video card ATI Radeon 9800Pro AGP 8x
  • PCI slot #1 (top) empty
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 LeadTek Winfast TV/FM tuner card
  • PCI slot #4 Creative Audigy 2 ZS
  • PCI slot #5 LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI
  • PCI slot #6 N/A (this board only has five PCI slots)
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 160GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Serial ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 SATA controller
    • Jumper setting not applicable (SATA)
  • Additional hard drive 40GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, primary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Additional hard drive 18GB Seagate Cheetah 15k.3
    • Interface SCSI
    • Controller hosting this drive LSI Logic U160 card
    • Jumper setting SCSI ID 01
  • Optical drive #1 NEC 3500A DVD burner
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Optical drive #2 Lite-On combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Slave
• OS AND SECURITY
  • Operating System WindowsXP Professional
  • Service Pack SP2
  • Internet connection Cable
  • Hardware firewall Netgear RP614 router
  • Software firewall WindowsXP firewall
  • Antivirus Norton Antivirus 2004

 

[rh535]

I have tried a different cd player that came out of a Working computer. And i all i get is a orange light and it doesn't open.

• CORE HARDWARE
  • Power supply TT 420W
  • Motherboard Soyo SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 (Platinum Edition)
    • Revision N/A
    • BIOS N/A
  • CPU Intel 3.0 Ghz (478 Pin)
    • Prescott
  • Memory (2) 512MB Corsair Value
    • Voltage Default Settings
    • Timings Default Settings
• CARDS
  • Primary video card Pny 5200 PCI
  • PCI slot #1 (top)
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 empty
  • PCI slot #4 empty
  • PCI slot #5 empty
  • PCI slot #6 N/A (this board only has five PCI slots)
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 160GB WD
    • Interface IDE
    • Controller hosting this drive N/A
    • Jumper setting Cable Select (CS)
  • Optical drive #1 CD Player that came out of a dell. I think it is a LG
    • Interface IDE
    • Controller hosting this drive N/A
    • Jumper setting Master
• OS AND SECURITY
  • Operating System Can't install OS because of cd drive
  • Service Pack Will be SP2
  • Internet connection Cable
  • Software firewall N/A
  • Antivirus N/A

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[FlyingPenguin]

Well if smoke came out of the the other one, I have to assume you reversed the power plug (been there, done that!). I doubt there's anything wrong with the power supply or your computer wouldn't be working at all.

Now when the drive smoked you may have damaged the IDE bus it was connected to.

You should jumper all your drives CS on a modern mobo by-the-way.

 

[rh535]

What is Reversed the power plug?

 

[RBBRMADE]

Originally posted by: rh535
What is Reversed the power plug?

You may have plug turned upside down that powers the optical drive. The longest flat edge of the connector should be towards the bottom of the drive.

Originally posted by: rh535
I just built a new computer and i get stuff on the screen

Can you elaborate on that one?
Do you see the machine POST?
What happens when it stops? Any errors or other messages?
Does your BIOS recognize ANY of your drives?

I am just guessing with limited information that you have an IDE or PSU cable plugged backwards, and/or bent pins on either the mobo IDE port(s) or the drives IDE port(s).
You could also have a bad IDE cable, or could even have a bad mobo.

Ron

 

[compso]

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
Well if smoke came out of the the other one, I have to assume you reversed the power plug (been there, done that!). I doubt there's anything wrong with the power supply or your computer wouldn't be working at all.

Now when the drive smoked you may have damaged the IDE bus it was connected to.

You should jumper all your drives CS on a modern mobo by-the-way.

I never jumper drives with CS. I manually set them so I know how they will get detected. If I remember correctly this improved boot time in some systems because the BIOS doesn't have to search and assign the drives.

 

[rh535]

I get the bios on the screen and i don't see any of my HD that is in IDE or my CD Drive

 

[rh535]

I get the bios on the screen and i don't see any of my HD that is in IDE or my CD Drive

 

[rh535]

sry for double post

 

[mechBgon]

Take the jumper cap off of the Western Digital hard drive and leave it off. Without any jumper, it is set to Single Master, which is what WD's generally want. After doing that, power the computer up and see if the drive is detected now.

 

[CrispyFried]

Originally posted by: compso

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin


You should jumper all your drives CS on a modern mobo by-the-way.

I never jumper drives with CS. I manually set them so I know how they will get detected. If I remember correctly this improved boot time in some systems because the BIOS doesn't have to search and assign the drives.

youre thinking of autodetect in the bios, that will slow things down a bit. cs is a hardware standard, and takes exactly the same amount of time as master/slave. drive settings are determined by position on the cable, middle=slave, furthest=master. no guesswork there.

 

[rh535]

It see's the HD in the bios! So whats wrong?

 

[RBBRMADE]

Originally posted by: rh535
I get the bios on the screen and i don't see any of my HD that is in IDE or my CD Drive



It see's the HD in the bios! So whats wrong?

What changed from the time you could not see them to now?

 

[rh535]

if the bios say the Hard Drive then that ment that it wasn't the mobo that was screwing up

 

[RBBRMADE]

Originally posted by: RBBRMADE

Originally posted by: rh535
I get the bios on the screen and i don't see any of my HD that is in IDE or my CD Drive



It see's the HD in the bios! So whats wrong?

What changed from the time you could not see them to now?

Originally posted by: rh535
if the bios say the Hard Drive then that ment that it wasn't the mobo that was screwing up

I'm done.

NEXT.

 

[rh535]

Originally posted by: RBBRMADE

I'm done.

NEXT.

What does that mean?

 

[RBBRMADE]

Originally posted by: rh535

Originally posted by: RBBRMADE

I'm done.

NEXT.

What does that mean?

It aggravates me to no end when someone here is asking for help and cannot even answer simple questions from a member that is trying to help them.
It looks like some posters do not even read the replies.

Have a nice weekend.

 

[rh535]

I have tried the same IDE Cable and the same power cable that i had hooked up to the hard drive and it didn't work for the CD Drive but for the Hard Drive it did.

P.S. Know the two CD Drives that worked in the working system don't work after i tried it in this system.

 

[rh535]

Bump...Bump...Bump

 

[wpshooter]

Rh535:

This best I can make of what I have read here, I would say that it is a good bet that your power supply is a piece of junk. Try another one !!!

P.S. - You may want to check for damage to your various components that may have been caused by faulty power supply.

 

[rh535]

I went to staples and got a Antec smartpower 500W and a new cd drive. When i turn on the computer it sees the hd but doesn't the cd drive. The cd drive opens and closes but the bios doesn't see it!

 

[pkypkypky]

Originally posted by: wpshooter
Rh535:

This best I can make of what I have read here, I would say that it is a good bet that your power supply is a piece of junk. Try another one !!!

P.S. - You may want to check for damage to your various components that may have been caused by faulty power supply.

geez, always with the power supply :disgust:

Make sure you are plugging the ide cable in the right way! Try using that same working IDE cable from your HDD and plug your HDD into the secondary IDE channel to make sure that's working. I'm assuming you were putting your hdd on IDE1 and ur cd-rom on IDE2. Make sure that works and then try just plugging in your cd-rom into your primary IDE1 channel and see if your bios detects it. I'm assuming this is a verified working cd-rom also.

btw, if you're plugging in your cd-rom into its own channel, it'll work on master, slave OR cable select.

 

[rh535]

I figured out the problem. It was the PSU, IDE Cable and the IDE port itself. So i switched the cable and the where the IDE cable was going and it worked but i have to have the hard drive in a IDE Raid.

 

[Glendor]

Originally posted by: rh535
I just built a new computer and i get stuff on the screen but my cd drive wouldn't work. So i got a different cd drive and it didn't work but it just worked in a Dell. But i it worked a one time! And it started to smoke so i took it out but it doesn't work! Any ideas?

P.S. I have tried to different psu's

Bad news. You let the magic smoke out. It won't work when the magic smoke gets out. You MUST keep the magic smoke inside your hardware if you want it to work. If it gets out, it won't work anymore. Get a new drive with smoke still inside.