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CD-RW drive not recognized
Name: fungo45 Date: January 27, 2003 at 13:11:04 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 900/256
Comment:
I've just installed a new CD-RW drive and XP at the same time. The CD-RW drive is not regognized. I've researched this, and don't understnad most of what I'm told to do, so I'm pretty lost. I have the CD-RW set as secondary master, and the CD-rom drive as secondary slave. The Cd-rom drive works fine, but the computer doesn't recognize the CD-RW drive at all. Any clue what I could be doing wrong? Thanks,
Name: nickw23 Date: January 27, 2003 at 13:23:17 Pacific
Reply:
from the sound of it, you have the jumpers set wrong. is your regular cd-rom set to master or slave? put both on the second ide channel and set one to slave and one to master.
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Response Number 2
Name: Wombat Date: January 27, 2003 at 13:41:28 Pacific
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The CD-RW has to be set as the Master drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: nickw23 Date: January 27, 2003 at 16:07:43 Pacific
Reply:
no it doesn't have to be set as master. my reg cdrom is master and cdrw is slave. works perfect.
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Response Number 4
Name: InVancouver Date: January 27, 2003 at 19:42:17 Pacific
Reply:
The jumper isn't set correctly on the cd-rw. Just try the different combinations (rebooting after each change). There's only three possible settings so it won't take you long to find the right one.
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