PC wont detect new DVD writer

[Guest]

I have just bought a dvd writer which i tried to attach to my pc , the problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd roms which are connected by double ribbons on to the mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is allways one missing from my pc when they are connected , could somebody please help , it would be much appreciated . THANKS .

 

[Anton]

-----Original Message-----
I have just bought a dvd writer which i tried to attach

to my pc , the problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd
roms which are connected by double ribbons on to the
mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is
allways one missing from my pc when they are connected ,
could somebody please help , it would be much
appreciated . THANKS .

.
Have a look in your bios settings. It is possible that

one of your IDE ports is disabled.

 

[JBM]

I have just bought a dvd writer which i tried to attach to my pc , the

problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd roms which are connected by double
ribbons on to the mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is
allways one missing from my pc when they are connected , could somebody
please help , it would be much appreciated . THANKS .

You either need to buy a controller card or remove one of the DVD-ROM
drives. The DVD writer will read DVD Roms.

 

[JBM]

problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd roms which are connected by double
ribbons on to the mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is
allways one missing from my pc when they are connected , could somebody
please help , it would be much appreciated . THANKS .

You either need to buy a controller card or remove one of the DVD-ROM
drives. The DVD writer will read DVD Roms.

Maybe I misunderstood? thought you had four devices installed and
you wanted to install a fifth.

 

[Nick Burns]

I have just bought a dvd writer which i tried to attach to my pc , the

problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd roms which are connected by double
ribbons on to the mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is
allways one missing from my pc when they are connected , could somebody
please help , it would be much appreciated . THANKS .

When you say,"one is always missing", is the one that is missing always the
same plug on your IDE cable. Does your bios see all the drives...?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

If you are replacing an existing DVD drive, make sure the drive jumpers are
set to the same setting as the drive you are replacing.

If you wish to add a fifth drive, you must purchase a PCI IDE/ATA add-on
card. The normal IDE/ATA controller card (PCI or on-board) only handle 4
drives max each.

Y.

I have just bought a dvd writer which i tried to attach to my pc , the

problem is i have 2 hard drives and 2 dvd roms which are connected by double
ribbons on to the mainboard , it does not matter how i connect them there is
allways one missing from my pc when they are connected , could somebody
please help , it would be much appreciated . THANKS .

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Points to one of them having jumpers at the rear of the drive not in the
correct position (ie master or slave)

Cari
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