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Suddenly my pc is behaving abnormally.
Whenever I start my pc I get an err message saying:
"Primary slave Drive- ATAPI incompatible
Press F1 to resume"Well, after pressing "F1", I can boot my machine and do all the other things normally but it is not showing (detecting) the CD Rom.
I tried Scanreg and registry restore and even used the CD Rom in another PC. It worked well in another PC but in my machine, even the BIOS don't detect it.
Can anyone help me?
(I am using Samsung SC-152 CE CD Rom)
Thanking in advance!
Dilip
Consider the following: Bad cable, power connector NGood. Try auto detect in BIOS. Try a different power connector. Some CD roms need to be selected as an optional type of drive, rather than auto select. Look at the options for drives on the first page of your BIOS. Maybe the reason you are having problems all of a sudden may be a failing battery on the MB. Is your clock showing the proper time? BIOS may have reset to defaults and caused this problem.
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The error message "Primary slave Drive- ATAPI incompatible" from the BIOS Setup, suggets that your Motherboard does NOT support connecting an ATAPI device as a Slave device in its Primary IDE channel where you have your Prinmary Local Hard Disk Drive as Master.
Without knowing details [ Make & model of your Motherboard we are unable to explain why this is happening.
The work-around is as follows:
NOTE: Strict Anti-static Precautions:1. Remove the Samsung SC-152 CE CD- ROM drive from the slave Connector of IDE cable of Primary IDE channel and disconnect its power supply cable
1. If, at present, there is no device in the Secondary IDE channel, remove the Jumper block of your Samsung SC-152 CE CD- ROM drive and reseat it in the Master position. If there is another device faster than your Samsung SC-152 CE CD- ROM drive then leave the jumper at Slave position.2. Reconnect the IDE cable with its striped edge closer to Power supply socket of your CD-ROM drive [To coincide with Pin-1] and plug-in PS cable to the device.
3. Reconnect all External Cables and Reboot.
4. Enter the BIOS Setup and confirm that the CD-ROM device is properly recognized in its Seconadary IDE Channel.
5. Exit BIOS saving Changes and Boot to Windows.
HTH
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Maadhurimn
I thought basically the same thing, but Dilip indicates that this drive was working and just stopped.
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Hello and Thanx everyone!
Well the inner connections( power cables and connecters) are ok. why I am saying this, is, because I have been using this cd rom since last year and I gort this problem just from the other day.
I also tried "Auto detect" in BIOS and it didn't detected .. so I am thinking to replace the MB battery and try again.
Anyway thank u all for prompt reply.
I will follow you guys and let u know if it happens.thanx!
Dilip
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Dilip
Read my previous post again. Check to see in first BIOS screen if primary master and primary slave are both set for AUTO. If they are, try changing the primary slave and see if there are options like CDrom or removable storage device, etc. If there is, try another setting, experiment. I suggested that this setting may not have been AUTO but was lost or corrupted. I have run into this scenario before with HP, Dell, Compaq machines that have custom BIOS. You didn't state what MB or BIOS you have so I'm fishing here. Recently ran into this with a HP computer. Had to call the CDRW out as something other than auto in order to get it to be seen by BIOS.
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OtheHill !
Thank u very much for your quick response I'll surely follow your instruction and let u know the result.
ThanxDilip
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I'd make the cd primary on the second IDE channel ( if that was free), just cos I like to keep my hard drives and cd's seperate.
It simplifies problem solving and may have performance benefits.
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Thank you OtheHill. Your point well taken:-)
Dilip,
If both IDE & PS cables are proven to be functioning, and they are correctly & Securely inserted to the CD-ROM drive and the CD- ROM Drive has worked in that position for two years and nothing has changed and now "suddenly" without any other hardware changes, the MoB Primary IDE is 'rejecting' this CD-ROM drive, then, my diagnosis is a Dead CD-ROM drive. If you have another working CD-Device, connect it in EXACTLY same manner to prove the health of your MOB and all its components.
I find no logical reason to replace CMOS battery for this isolated CMOS error. Most current CMOS batteries have a minimum of 5- yr life, if not more.
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Yes, but were the same IDE cables used to connect it in the other machine, or the cables from the other machine?
"If both IDE & PS cables are ~proven to be functioning~ (this is the key statement), and they are correctly & Securely inserted to the CD-ROM drive....."
Cables do go bad from heat, pinching, bending, contact tarnish, etc.
If the CD is functioning in another machine, basic troubleshooting dictates the cables or IDE controller(s) are to be looked at.
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Hello OtheHill! Hello Everynone!!
My problem is solved ..and I think I must tell all you guys about it. I tried some "Wild Method" and for the time being it is working well but for the fun part ¡I still donno how it was fixed.
Well I think other people having same kind of problem may also apply my "Wild Method" so I am back here again.
Here is what I did:
First I tried everything advised by all of you (and thanx for that) but nothing happened. At last I took the MB battery out and replaced it again after half an hour (I have heard that after half an hour your BIOS will not remember any settings). I haven¡¯t altered any cables and connections inside.
While Booting my machine, after replacing the battery, (please make a note that I haven't changed the battery. I just took it out and put it back after half an hour) I got a message in black window, asking me to resume the old settings or make a new setting for BIOS. I selected "new settings" and now the CD Rom was detected.
Well!, that is what I did, I think if everything else fails other people having same problem may also follow this method.
Well, my "Wild Method" is still based on OtheHIll's hint so.. thank u¡ thank you all
Dilip
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Dilip,
Glad you solved the problem:-)It is not a 'Wild' method! You are simply resetting the CMOS Deafult settings by disconnecting and reconnecting the Battery by erasing the Nonvolatile Memory. It is a substitute for CMOS jumper settings, a much easier methiod! It is done if the CMOS settings are corrupted for any reasons, often after multiple changes in the BIOS Setup and sometimes from Power Supply Fluctuations. It is done when there is no separate CMOS jumper as in some very old Mobs and or cannot find the jumper easily!
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