Re: disk drives not detected

From: Mike Powers (mikepowers5_at_cox.net)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 07:55:15 -0500

Go into the bios setup and make sure the master on the second IDE
controller is set to auto. Make sure the jumper on the drive on the
second channel is set to master.

rjmsimones@msn.com wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Raul,
>>
>
>>>From the Primary IDE controller on the motherboard,
> please connect one DVD
>
>>drive along with the HDD as - Primary master (HDD) and
>
> slave (DVD drive).
>
>>For the second DVD drive, connect it using a seperate
>
> IDE cord from the
>
>>Secondary IDE controller of the motherboard. If you are
>
> confused about
>
>>jumper settings, you can set it to CS (cable select).
>
> Hope it works and
>
>>please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>
>>"Raul Simones" <rjmsimones@msn.com> wrote in message
>>news:347501c4716d$3639ad20$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>my pc is not detecting my dvd drives.it works if I
>>>connect hard disk & 1 dvd player,(tryed with boths &
>
> they
>
>>>work ) but if I connect both at the same time they are
>>>not detected. can anyone give me some tips?!!
>>> thank you!
>>
>>
>>.
>>thank you john,
>
> I've tryed that, but it only detects the dvd with the
> hard drive,also not sure about junper settings.maybe it
> is the problem.
> thank you!

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