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Hi >> sorry I am totaly thick when it comes to these sort of things.
I orginaly had a sony DRU 700A installed on my PC, I have just taken it out of My PC case, and attached my new NEC 3500A inside.
The green ligh is on my NEC drive and I am able to eject the CD/DVD tray no problems.
the problem is when my PC boots up 2 my desktop there is no pop up message of >> "found new hardware" >>> and when I click on "my computer" there is no DVD writer picture next to my hard drives.
have connected it to exact same way as my sony DRU 700A was connected regards to the IDE cabels >> and it still doesnt recognize the drive, not in device manager or in my computer.
I havent got a clue wot I might be doing wrong >> I have just re-attached my sony drive and it finds it no problems.
as soon as I attach the NEC drive it doesnt show up any were
I am totaly confused, and have been tryign to fix this problems for the lat 3 hours
asked this ? on 2 other forums and I ma still none the wizer thought I would give you guys on here a shot >> B4 I send it back to get a refund
thanks for any advice guys !!
Check the jumper setting on the Sony drive (master, slave, or cable select) and make sure the NEC is set up the same.
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You need to enter the BIOS screens and verify the drive is being identified by model. If it isn't then use the AUTO DETECT keystrokes on the same screen to have the BIOS identify the drive. To enter the BIOS watch the screens while starting the computer. There should be a message on what keystrokes are needed to enter the BIOS. Also check the drive jumpers as was mentioned above.
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Hi I have restarted my PC pressed delete which took my in the BIOS screen.
the drive were my DVD writer is installed says "none" next to it.
I can attach my sony drive back to me PC and it will detect it no problems.
all my drives in my BIOS are set to Auto.
any more ideas >?
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wot I cant understand is how I can plug my sony drive in which is basicaly the same type of hardware and my PC will detect it no problems.
and then I can attach my new drive in the exact same way, carefully making sure that all the IDE cables are pushed in, and it suddenly wont detect it.
having a nightmare !
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Note that the jumpers on the rear of the drives do not necessarily belong in the same physical position. Look on the drives for a diagram showing the jumper settings and set the NEC to match whatever the Sony is set for.
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Perhap I wasn't clear with a prior reply. Most BIOS screens will have a feature call AUTO DETECT. Auto detect works like this. First you set the appropriate IDE channel to AUTO but then you sometimes also need to execute a keystroke or strokes to force the BIOS to look for all drives. This may result in the DVD player being IDed by model. As was stated by others here you MUST have both the jumpers and the cable positioned correctly or the drive will not be found. Don't use cable select. Use master or slave, as the case may be. Be sure the IDE cable is connected with wire#1 (Red) corresponding to #1 on the drive.
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