Author Topic: Optical drive weirdness (Read 239 times)

Tarmac · « **on:** August 30, 2003, 09:37:09 PM »

Ok, recently got a new DVD-ROM drive. Installed it on the slave IDE, with the master as my already installed CD writer. Both drives on cable select. When I powered up for the first time, windows detected the drive, and then gave a "device did not configure properly, device may not function properly" message.

Took drive over to friend's computer. Worked fine.

Disconnected both optical drives. Connected new DVD drive to master. Disconnected CD-RW drive. DVD drive still on cable select. Works fine.

Motherboard is an a7n8x deluxe. DVD drive is a sony, cd-r is a no-name that I got from a friend.

Any ideas what could be going on here? Is it possible to have a bad slave channel on the motherboard, if the master works?

Thanks in advance.

ed: if i reverse the drives, so that the DVD drive is master and the CD-RW is slave (still both cable select), then neither one works right. They don't even appear in "my computer."

bloom25 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2003, 04:01:23 PM »

Try jumpering the DVD drive as master, the CD-R drive as slave. If that doesn't work, make the CD-R drive master, the DVD drive as slave. (Do not use cable select, actually set the jumpers.)

There are some CD-R and some DVD-RW drives that must be set up as the master.

There is one other (slim) possibility, and that is if you happened to install the 2.41 nForce driver set during the 3 days which it was available for download. The IDE driver included with that set supposedly will only work with CD-RW or DVD-RW drives as the master.

Tarmac · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2003, 02:17:24 AM »

Thanks bloom.

Tried it with CD-R as slave, DVD as master (jumper set). Seems to be working fine.

I remember reading that writable optical drives should be master... should I keep trying to futz with it (ie download new Nforce drivers), or just be happy it's working and leave it as is?

Thanks again.

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2003, 06:17:35 AM »

If you have an Nforce board and it is workin ok, I wouldn't change drivers till the next certifed set are released in a couple weeks. I think the 21.03's are best right now. Some, like Bloom, had issues with 21.45's. They both use the same IDE divers, anyway. BTW Bloom, I am still doin ok with the 21.45's.
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