Re: Can't get Win2K to detect CD/RW drive...

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Hi Jim - I think we need to step back a little here. IIUY correctly, you
currently have the DVD installed as master and the RW as slave on the
secondary IDE channel (when the RW's not on your added IDE controller card).
Is that correct?

If so, since it's the RW that won't enumerate, then I would like to check
the jumpering and the cabling. There are three possible situations to which
a drive can be set: Master, Slave, or Cable Select. This is usually
accomplished by either microswitches or, more often, by setting a jumper on
the drive. Note that on normal IDE cabling, the Master device goes on the
first (middle of the cable) connector closest to the motherboard, while the
Slave goes on the end connector.

Please check that they are both cabled AND jumpered this way - DVD on the
Master connector, and RW on the Slave connector - and that both devices are
properly jumpered - DVD as Master and RW as Slave or Cable Select.
(Alternatively, you might want to try reversing them and jumper the RW as
the Master on the Master connector and the DVD as the Slave on the end
connector unless your installation directions specify that the DVD has to be
a Master. Many motherboards will only boot from a CD if it's the master
device on the secondary channel, and it's often useful to be able to boot
from the same drive where you created a CD for reasons I won't go into
here.) In either case, let's be sure that things are set up correctly
physically and eliminate that as a problem.

What devices do you currently have installed on the Primary IDE channel,
BTW? Two HD's?

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

"ohaya" <ohaya@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42F96A32.1A4A6274@xxxxxxx
> Jim,
>
> Aargh! I ran FilterFixer, and restarted the system, but still can
> only see the DVD drive in Windows. The funny thing is that when I was
> testing, I booted into Safemode, and I could see both the DVD and CDRW
> then???
>
> Jim
>
>
> ohaya wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Ok, thanks. I'll try the FilterFixer once I get time to open the
>> machine again (I have a IDE PCI card in it right now).
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Jim Byrd wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jim - Yes they are different - the CDGone download I gave,
>>> http://www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip, handles some additional
>>> things besides just deleting the Filter entries. I would suggest
>>> running both it and the FilterFixer package, link to directions
>>> here: ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp27501-28000/sp27949.txt,
>>> direct download here:
>>> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp27501-28000/sp27949.exe, in
>>> order, maybe?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>>> My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
>>> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> "ohaya" <ohaya@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:42F92748.286AEC2E@xxxxxxx
>>>> Jim (Byrd),
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the suggestions. As I mentioned in my post, I already
>>>> tried the "cdgone" registry thing, and that didn't help.
>>>>
>>>> Are the other two suggestions any different from "cdgone"? I
>>>> noticed that the registry changes in cdgone did some things with
>>>> Upper and Lower Filter already?
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jim Byrd wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jim - See here:
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];270008 It
>>>>> may not sound like it applies but take the steps outlined there to
>>>>> delete the Upper and Lower Filters.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can also use this reg file to handle these deletes (it takes
>>>>> care of deleting some other things which can cause problems as
>>>>> well): http://www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip This is
>>>>> pretty much the "standard" fix for this type of issue. Backup
>>>>> first so that you can recover if there are problems (there aren't
>>>>> usually, BTW).
>>>>>
>>>>> It's recommended by Compaq/HP that you run FilterFixer also when
>>>>> this occurs to recreate the correct entries, here:
>>>>> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp27501-28000/sp27949.exe
>>>>> Instructions here:
>>>>> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp27501-28000/sp27949.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>>>>> My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
>>>>> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> "ohaya" <ohaya@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:42F83BE7.EC7BFFD6@xxxxxxx
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a Windows 2000 system with both a DVD drive and a CDRW
>>>>>> drive. The BIOS detects both drives (master and slave,
>>>>>> respectively, on my 2nd IDE channel), but Windows 2000 only
>>>>>> detects the DVD drive, and can't see the CDRW drive at all.
>>>>>> Also the CDRW drive doesn't appear in Device Manager.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For now, I've installed a SIIG IDE controller card just so I can
>>>>>> use the CDRW, and that is working, so I'm sure the CDRW drive is
>>>>>> ok, but I was wondering if anyone might have an idea of how I
>>>>>> might get both drives to work without the extra controller card?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've tried deleting the DVD drive in Device Manager and
>>>>>> rebooting, but that didn't change anything. I've also tried
>>>>>> adding the "cdgone" registry edits, but that didn't fix it
>>>>>> either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd appreciate any suggestions!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Jim


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