Another "wont detect" thread

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Danja

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Sorry, it must be tiring to see all these, but i was wondering if anyone has any answers

I am using the default cd drive on my Dell computer (GCE-8483B) I recently took my computer appart and put it back together, and now everything works except for my CD and DVD drives. Right now i only have the CD drive in. When I go to IDE diagnostics on the boot menu, it sees the device (or at least a device. however, it does not show up in the my computer menu. What does show up is the DVD drive which, when i click on it, says "Please insert a disk into the drive," whether I attach the actual drive or not. Does anyone know what can be wrong?
 
I have seen that before. It sounds dumb and redundant, but check you're cables at the mobo and drives. That's what helped me.
 
Ok, I ran the IDE diagnostics tests, and it showed my hard drives attached to one IDE port and nothing connected to my other IDE port, even though the CD/DVD drives were hooked up. I then pulled out the IDEs from the motherboard and switched the ports that they went into. The diagnostics test then showed that my CD drives were connected while my hard drives were not. Is there any way that this can not be a broken IDE port, and if it is, would I be able to buy a new one or would I have to get a whole new mobo?
 
Have you tried switching IDE cables? Try using one cable on just your hard-drives, and test it on both connectors on the MOBO. If both work with one cable, but neither with the other, than the problem would be with the cable, and not with the board.
 
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