Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - CD-ROM drive not detected in windows 2000

**koala** · 06-16-2008, 05:45 PM

If it's getting power from the PSU but can't be seen in BIOS or Windows, try replacing the IDE data cable with an 80-wire one (link).

If your hard drive is on IDE channel 0 and set to 'cable select', change it to master.

Can you test the drive in another computer?

06-16-2008, 05:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 9,293 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: CD-ROM drive not detected in windows 2000 If it's getting power from the PSU but can't be seen in BIOS or Windows, try replacing the IDE data cable with an 80-wire one (link). If your hard drive is on IDE channel 0 and set to 'cable select', change it to master. Can you test the drive in another computer? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here