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Subject: start up

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Name: notoys
Date: May 19, 2006 at 13:27:01 Pacific
Subject: start up
OS: me
CPU/Ram: 128

Comment:

need help with a new problem i created . i went to install a cd burner and i hadto disconect the cables and the power pluges when i went back to start up i get nothing ,so i disconected the power and the cable to the cd burner and tried to start up again. no luck i think i put the cables back to the beging and the power plug in i am not sure if p2 to p7 makes any diferancer not.the pc is the hp vectra vli8. any way to fine out the right set would be nice
thanks again

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Response Number 1

Name: GX1 Man
Date: May 19, 2006 at 15:27:04 Pacific
Subject: start up

Reply: (edit)

Most likely the jumpers are not set correctly.

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Response Number 2

Name: notoys
Date: May 19, 2006 at 16:20:04 Pacific
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i never changed the jumpers and i removed the burner

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Response Number 3

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 19, 2006 at 16:34:23 Pacific
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You probably pulled the cable out of the primary IDE controller. Check your cables.
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

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Response Number 4

Name: Nick Ritchie
Date: May 20, 2006 at 08:06:49 Pacific
Subject: start up

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Look at the device manager and see if the drive has a red X listed when you expand the listing for it(it may be already expanded with red X) ? This would tell you that you are having a either a hardware or driver problem with this device. To access device manager, right click on My computer ,then click on properties ,then device manager ! Usally the drives are listed first .You can also try remove using device manager ,and upon reboot ,the system may reinstall the hardware for you ? Or course ,the prior advice you recieved on checking all the connections first, would be correct. Then the procedure I just described would be the next step.
Good Luck, Nick

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Response Number 5

Name: notoys
Date: May 21, 2006 at 08:02:43 Pacific
Subject: start up

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i CAN NOT GET INTO THE START MENUE TO GO TO CONTROLL PANEL I WILL CHECK CABLES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE POWER SUPPY DOESE NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE I GUESS P1 2 ECT
WHAT ABOUT THE SLAVE AND PRIMARY HOW DO I KOWN WHAT IS SLAVE

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Response Number 6

Name: GX1 Man
Date: May 21, 2006 at 12:28:41 Pacific
Subject: start up

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Now your caps lock key is broken, too.

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Response Number 7

Name: notoys
Date: May 21, 2006 at 15:36:08 Pacific
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??????????
what

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Response Number 8

Name: jboy
Date: May 21, 2006 at 15:57:03 Pacific
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DON'T SHOUT - - and now you know.
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Response Number 9

Name: Derek
Date: May 24, 2006 at 18:11:06 Pacific
Subject: start up

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I think you mean Master & Slave.
These are set by a little jumper at the back of each CD drive. The main thing is to ensure that they are not "both" set to either Master or Slave.
DerekW

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Response Number 10

Name: jboy
Date: May 24, 2006 at 22:02:04 Pacific
Subject: start up

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Computers usually come with two IDE controllers:
IDE1 (Primary)
IDE2 (Secondary)
... *each* controller can have 1 master & 1 slave drive
The 'primary master' is usually the C: drive
Maybe this will help
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