CD-RW Drive Not Responding

mwahsun · 04-30-2006, 05:51 PM

i am still quite confused ... is it a certain plug i need to plug into my cd drives or what?

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-30-2006, 05:51 PM

no, ill see if i can get a pic of it

mwahsun · 04-30-2006, 05:54 PM

ok, well, would this also get my cd-rw to start working as well? because my system doesn notice it but it does not respond when i put cd's in it (it does but nothing pop up when i put cd's in)

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-30-2006, 05:57 PM

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...t=753&ei=UTF-8

scroll down and look at the pictures, the first pic of the back of the drive. above the 3, you see 6 pins, 2 covered by the jumper, move the jumper to the middle pins, or the correct cable select setting for your drive.

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-30-2006, 06:04 PM

here is a better pic:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...tt=86&ei=UTF-8

mwahsun · 04-30-2006, 06:17 PM

well i set it to the middle. My dvd-rom drive was already set in the middle. but i set my cd-rw to the middle and there are no drives existing now. wow!

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-30-2006, 06:21 PM

do your drives have the settings listed on them? the middle may not be correct for every drive.

edit: what are the make and model of your drives?

mwahsun · 04-30-2006, 06:27 PM

well ive tried every combination possible! cable select to master and etc... both cable select... nothing seems to work out.. none of them are working!

mnitetrain · 04-30-2006, 10:05 PM

Shut the computer down and double check (r&r) your ribbon cables and your molex cables. Restart the computer and windows should see and install.

04-30-2006, 05:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 151	i am still quite confused ... is it a certain plug i need to plug into my cd drives or what? __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-30-2006, 05:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 151	ok, well, would this also get my cd-rw to start working as well? because my system doesn notice it but it does not respond when i put cd's in it (it does but nothing pop up when i put cd's in) __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-30-2006, 05:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,374	http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...t=753&ei=UTF-8 scroll down and look at the pictures, the first pic of the back of the drive. above the 3, you see 6 pins, 2 covered by the jumper, move the jumper to the middle pins, or the correct cable select setting for your drive. Last edited by m0nk3ys1ms; 04-30-2006 at 06:00 PM.

04-30-2006, 06:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 151	well i set it to the middle. My dvd-rom drive was already set in the middle. but i set my cd-rw to the middle and there are no drives existing now. wow! __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-30-2006, 06:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 151	well ive tried every combination possible! cable select to master and etc... both cable select... nothing seems to work out.. none of them are working! __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-30-2006, 05:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,374	no, ill see if i can get a pic of it

04-30-2006, 06:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,374	here is a better pic: http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...tt=86&ei=UTF-8

04-30-2006, 06:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,374	do your drives have the settings listed on them? the middle may not be correct for every drive. edit: what are the make and model of your drives?

04-30-2006, 10:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
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