Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Cable conflicting with CD-ROM?

[Phoenii]

I recently decided to boot my old IDE cable and fully support my Ultra DMA 66 hard drive (trying to squeeze every last ounce out of this computer before big upgrade). Now my CD-ROM is dead. It is detected on startup, but won't read ANY CD's in there.

I tried connecting it as the slave on my old IDE cable...nada.

As I'm upgrading soon I thought I might grab a DVD-ROM, will I have the same problem?

The CD-ROM is about two years old, 50x.

 

[Phoenii]

A little bumpage *blush*

 

[sohcrates]

well, a cd-rom that IS detected but doesn't read cd's almost definitely means it's a cd-rom problem, not an IDE problem.

i highly doubt you'd have this problem with a new dvd drive

do you have a spare system somewhere where you can test your 50x?

 

[TunaBoo]

master/slave is right for sure?

 

[kly1222]

Yeah, check your jumper settings. Also, I'm reading it as you having both your hd and your cdrom on the same channel. Try putting them on seperate channels...it'll improve performace, and who knows, it might solve your problem.

When you say it won't read the cd, does it spin up and try to read it?

 

[bacillus]

I assume that you're now using an ata66/100 cable so ensure that the blue end goes to m/board/controller card, grey to slave & black to master!

 

[kly1222]

Not all ata/66/100 cables I've seen are color coded, but make sure they are plugged in correctly anyway. Red stripe to pin 1.

 

[Phoenii]

Yep all color coded is right, jumper settings are right, tried replacing the ATA 33/66/100 cable with my older "classic" ide cable, nothing.

 

[Phoenii]

On top of that.......I'm almost assuming my CD-ROM is DOA, what kind of a DVD-ROM should I go after, any suggestions?

 

[bacillus]

consider Lite-On x16, toshiba x16 or pioneer x16 dvd drives! 🙂