cd rom not detected?

[DonT-FeaR]

in my efforts to get moditor finished i changed the cdrom from my system and plugged it all in and thought it should work


what did i forget?

[FuzzyPlushroom]

You sure it's a working drive? If it works fine in another machine, make sure the ribbon cable's plugged in correctly (http://fuzzyplushroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/12/making-use-of-old-computers-1-k6-2333-mhz/) on both ends, and that it's not damaged. If that doesn't do it, check the jumpers on the drive, especially if there's another drive on that IDE channel (on the cable).

[DonT-FeaR]

ok its brand new and sata so yea lol

[Luke122]

Does the drive open/close? If not, no power.

Is the HDD sata too, and is it working? If so, try powering down, swapping ports, and rebooting.
If not..
Could the SATA controller be disabled in bios?

[DonT-FeaR]

it opens

ill swap them over later tonight

the hdd does work it is this pc

swapped over the sata things and still doesnt workk

[Eclecticos]

Are you using one of those sata power adapters? May want to try another one ive had several of them that created a short, some of them were soldered inside the connector in the wrong location. May want to check it out. I would also check to make sure the sata cables are not kinked or damaged at the ends.

[DonT-FeaR]

my friend reckons he may be able to fix it so ill talk to him later and get back to you thats for the help


rofl never mind its been there the whole time i didnt see it



everyone post you idiot!!!

[.Maleficus.]

...Um, wth?

Are there drivers that you may have forgotten to install? And what exactly doesn't work about it?

[DonT-FeaR]

no it works now i didnt see it in my commputer

[Eclecticos]

Great to see everything works now.