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Sec master drive atapi incompatible
Name: Danny Date: October 12, 2003 at 12:56:52 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 800amd athlon/384mb
Comment:
I have just takin out my cd-rom drive and replaced it with a Dvd drive (Pioneer Dvd-106S). Once I had connected all the cables and turned on my pc my monitor wouldn't turn on?
I allready have a Philips cd-rw in aswell and it is set to master and the dvd drive slave. Any one now why this is happening?
Name: Sabertooth Date: October 12, 2003 at 13:42:08 Pacific
Reply:
1. Set the DVD as secondary single-master; 2. Check for PIO Only in System props / hardware / Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI controller / Secondary IDE Controller. if so, DELETE both the unit AND the controller from Device Manager and RESTART. 3. if it says "Ultra DMA" then it's probably an incompatibility between the Mobo and the drive,it seems there is some kinda compatibility issues with AMD and that drive.Goodluck
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Response Number 2
Name: keef444 Date: October 12, 2003 at 14:44:40 Pacific
Reply:
'Wouldn't turn on' as in... a) no power to monitor ?? b) black screen ??
Check inside the system case as u may have dislodged something when u fitted the drive.
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