Why aren't my optical drives working??

[DragonSlayer1500]

I'm desperate for answers here so any help would be greatly appreciated. (Try not to be too techinical though because I'm honestly not very knowledgeable with this stuff)

I just bought a DVD-R drive and tried to install it in my computer along with my regular DVD drive. I connected them both to IDE cord 2. I want my DVD-R drive to be the master and the other to be slave. I set both of the jumpers correctly on the disk drives because I made sure to follow the instruction manual for that part. I hooked up the IDE cables as shown in my illustration (very simple really) and connected power cords to each disk drive. After re-assembling my computer, both of the drives open and close however the computer fails to recognize either one of them. It shows me as having no optical drives at all. I tried to change them back as they were and still nothing. I used the IDE cable that came with the disk drive...still nothing. I made sure all the cables were plugged in securely...yet again, I am told I don't have any optical drives connected. What's the problem??? Any input is greatly appreciated as I'm really ready to take a hammer to this stupid thing. I don't understand how I could've messed up when the illustrations and connecters are clear as day.

Thanks

 

[Deckham]

 

[Deckham]

Well, it seems that you're doing most things right.

Specify all your equipment here to get better assistance.
What was the situation before you had a problem?

- Check with a new IDE cable.
- Use the 1st IDE plug on the cable for your Master drive.
- Try running them seperately (try each as Master)

If that doesn't work, then try attaching one of them to your IDE1 cable (disconnect a hdd if you have to).
This is not a good way to run opticals, but it will tell you if you have a problem with your IDE2.

 

[CrispyFried]

Try CS (cable select) on both drives. I think you need an 80 wire IDE cable for that to work, not sure. If that does it you select master/slave order via which connector on the cable you plug it into.