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Installing New DVD Writer
Name: Taggsey Date: January 4, 2006 at 08:38:50 Pacific OS: XP Pro - SP1 CPU/Ram: Athlon 2.2/768Mb DDR RAM
Comment:
Hi all,
I have bought a dvd writer to replace my cd writer. I've removed the cd writer drive and replaced it with the new dvd writer, with the ide cable and power supply plugged in. I can open the drive (via eject button on the front) but unfortunately windows doesnt find it at all... Apparently i am meant to be able to use it as a normal dvd drive with the generic windows driver, but seen as its not being found i cant do that. Any help would be much appriciated.
Name: cliffpage Date: January 4, 2006 at 09:56:43 Pacific
Reply:
in normal situations what you have done would work as long as: The jumper on the back of the drive has been set to the same as on the drive you removed & you have definitely not got the IDE cable plugged in back to front. Some are Keyed to stop that , some are not keyed.
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Response Number 2
Name: Taggsey Date: January 4, 2006 at 10:05:45 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for posting, I'll Recheck the jumper on the back of the drive but im certain the IDE cable is correct.
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Response Number 3
Name: Taggsey Date: January 4, 2006 at 10:29:48 Pacific
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Thank you very much, i've reset my jumpers which werent properly set and tada we have a dvd drive.
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