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New Computer Wont Read DVD's

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Ph0BoLuS, Dec 4, 2004.

  1. Ph0BoLuS

    Ph0BoLuS Regular member

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    I called them and he said my second drive is strictly Cd-rom and cant read dvd's. The burners for like data dvd's pictures and stuff like that. Now comes a new problem i replaced the cd-rom drive with a dvd-rom and now my comp wont recognize any of the drives.. :(
     
  2. ianski7

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    Hey

    Check your jumper settings -- the settings on the drive that was removed should be the setting for the new drive providing you didn't change anything else.
    See if the drives are detected in the Bios after you jumper.
     
  3. Ph0BoLuS

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    jumper settings? im sorry i have no idea what that is. Could you please show me me how?
     
  4. ianski7

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    Hey

    Chek the drive that you removed. On the back where the power connector and the data cable attach is a small double row of pins. Does this have a little plastic jumper covering two pins?
     
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    C:\Stuff\CIMG0005.JPG

    Thats what the old drive looked like the CD-Rom drive.
     
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    sorry i think this should work.
     
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    Hey

    I can't see that...............does it have a jumper or not? If it does, there should be a diagram(legend)
    to indicate what setting is jumpered.........Master, Slave.....
     
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    im probably annoying you but i dont know what a jumper is
     
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    or a master or a slave, im a complete noob
     
  11. ianski7

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    Hey

    NO!!! You aren't annoying me! Look at the pic, see the little plastic thing just above the wrinkle in the guy's thumb. That is a JUMPER. Can you tell what it's set to?
     
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    haha its on cable select and thanks for giving me all this help i appreciate it
     
  13. ianski7

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    Hey

    No problem....you might want to return the DVD ROM and get a real DVD+-RW drive so you can burn.....or is that what you bought? If it is......cool.
     
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    yeah i already have a dvd writer, before i had a dvd writer/cd-writer combo on one drive and a cd-rom drive. So i switched the cd-rom for a dvd/cd rom. The DVD rom is from a different computer. Can i do that? switch drives like that?
     
  15. ianski7

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    Hey

    Sure you can.........as long as it works.
     
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    heh i guess in this case it doesnt work.
     

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