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skalb
03-21-2006, 11:39 PM
Can a CD drive just go bad? Just finished a system and the CD drive wont work..The lite comes on but the tray wont come out..It's hooked to an ABIT NF7S board..I have it hooked to IDE2 and everything seems to be enabled in the BIOS.It has a SATA HD si the CD is they only thing on IDE..Any ideas?
bailey
03-21-2006, 11:44 PM
you might do a bit more testing and checking.
make sure the power connector is all the way in and that it does have power on it or try a differant connector.
does the led on it light up when ths system boots up ?
double check the ribbon ide cable to be sure it is connected good, and that the jumper is correct on the back of the drive.
a bad drive would not be impossible too.
skalb
03-21-2006, 11:54 PM
you might do a bit more testing and checking.
make sure the power connector is all the way in and that it does have power on it or try a differant connector.
does the led on it light up when ths system boots up ?
double check the ribbon ide cable to be sure it is connected good, and that the jumper is correct on the back of the drive.
a bad drive would not be impossible too.
The light comes on when I push the button for the tray to come out.What jumper? I dont know what that is.....:o :o
bailey
03-22-2006, 12:15 AM
the drive has a set of jumpers on the back, between the power connector and the ide connector, there is a lable on the top of the drive showing how to place the jumper as master, slave, or cable select.
if your using a 80 conductor cable, then you want the jumper set to cable select.
if your using a 40 conductor cable, then you want it set to master or slave, which ever your using.
usally there is markings on the back of the case labled cls, ma, or sl.
On CD drives, the jumpers are on the opposite side of the IDE connector and the power connector - between the IDE connector and the analog audio cable jack.
skalb
03-22-2006, 10:36 AM
You guys are great.....:) I'll check it out,nothing has changed as far as I know and it was working before,but I'll look at it see what I see....:(
skalb
03-22-2006, 10:57 AM
On CD drives, the jumpers are on the opposite side of the IDE connector and the power connector - between the IDE connector and the analog audio cable jack.
glc and baily there is no jumper on the back per the supplied pic.Seems to be just a cheap drive that has gone bad.Its an Afreey # CD-2O56e.
It was working before so I dont understand this.I'm going to try the Plextor from my other case....:(
postscript=just a bad drive,put the Plextor in hooked it the same and it works fine...:)
It HAS to have a jumper - you sure it's not just missing?
skalb
03-22-2006, 04:32 PM
It HAS to have a jumper - you sure it's not just missing?
I did find and it was in the right position...I put the Plextor in and hooked it up the same way and it works fine..Did you happen to see my laest post on the HD problem?
Yes, and I answered it an hour ago.
skalb
03-22-2006, 06:32 PM
Yes, and I answered it an hour ago.
DUD!!! I realised after I had posted that you had,sorry...:o You dont have any ideas why the HD isnt being seen?
Got it working....
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