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DVD and CD-Rom on one ribbon??
Name: lucky1 Date: February 20, 2006 at 10:51:18 Pacific OS: win 2000 CPU/Ram: amd 1.4 / 512 Product: Clone
Comment:
Hi All,
I have a DVD Burner (master)and a CD-Rom Burner (slave) on the same ribbon plugged into IDE2 on my motherboard (MSI MS-6380 LE).
The problem is that one will work but not both ! ! !
What am I doing wrong, should I use one to a ribbon ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name: jam Date: February 20, 2006 at 11:00:22 Pacific
Reply:
they should work together, but personally, I try to place optical drives on oppsoite channels whenever possible...same goes for hard drives. Double check your jumper settings. Do NOT use cable select.
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