Yes, they are both on the same cable and worked okay until something
happened. I suspose I could unplug one of them and see what happens.
"R. McCarty" wrote:
> Do the devices share the same IDE controller ? Is this a new condition
> where in the past both devices worked ? Sometimes certain combination
> of PATA devices on the same controller don't play well together. For a
> proper enumeration of the opticals I would have uninstalled either the
> Primary or Secondary controller that hosts the drives.
>
> To me there is almost no reason to have multiple Optical drives in a PC.
> A single DVD-RW meets almost all requirements and most burning apps
> provide a copy disk feature. ( If that's needed ).
>
> "Joe T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BFA21D02-90DC-454E-9C1F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have 2 cd-roms. According to the device manager these are working
> >properly.
> > No exclaimation marks.
> > 1. D: drive is standard cd-rom drive/F5B. Put disk in and get flashing
> > red/green light.
> > 2. E: drive is Cendyne_522452AX. Put disk in and get green light but no
> > loading.
> > 3. Only E: drive will ONLY read my ATI utility disk. Both drives will not
> > read any other disk. XP disk, Office 2003, motherboard disks etc.
> > 4. Uninstalled both through device manager. Add hardware. Both returned to
> > same condition.
> > 5. Problems started same day as network connection problem. I fixed that.
> > 6. Can't do XP repair with disk because cd-roms won't read.
> >
> >
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