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XP does not recognize secondary IDE
Name: xpproblems Date: September 15, 2003 at 11:10:31 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium
Comment:
Hi Folks,
I recently upgraded from NT to XP. My bios can see the cd read device hanging off the secondary ide. XP does not see the secondary ide and hence the cd read device. I have reseated the cables, and I am suspecting that the problem is not reseating cables. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Name: keef444 Date: September 15, 2003 at 11:38:31 Pacific
Reply:
Can u read the cdrom via a Win98 startup disk dos prompt ??
Check device manager for any conflicts.
Try un-installing secondary IDE controller in Dev Manager and reboot to let XP find new hardware and re-install.
Hope this helps
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Response Number 2
Name: Scott Date: September 15, 2003 at 13:28:08 Pacific
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It may seem obvious, but try flashing ur BIOS to the latest version. XP has some gay problems with old BIOSes.
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: September 15, 2003 at 15:44:05 Pacific
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Flashing the BIOS is not the answer, you did say the optical drive is seen in the BIOS.Since you have reseated the ide cable,try keef's suggestion if the drive works in dos then the problem is within windows.
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Response Number 4
Name: xpproblems1 Date: September 15, 2003 at 21:03:19 Pacific
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98 sees it. I uninstalled the secondary ide and it reinstalled itself badly. Any more suggestions.
xpproblems1
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Response Number 5
Name: xpproblems1 Date: September 15, 2003 at 21:11:21 Pacific
Reply:
Now I see it. I think I have an IRQ conflict of secondary ide with com1. Any suggestions?
xpproblems1
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Response Number 6
Name: xpproblems1 Date: September 15, 2003 at 22:21:48 Pacific
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I fixed it. I removed both com device and the secondary ide, and this time XP figured it out.
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