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Originally Posted by chauffeur2
One thought....Is the IDE ribbon an 80 wire or 40 wire?
I have seen many situations where the 40 wired ribbons just malfunction; so I would suggest that if this is the case [that you have a 40 wired Ribbon] replace it with an 80 wired Ribbon.
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Originally Posted by B_Jammin
I am having a problem on our family's Dell computer. I swapped out the CD Drive as I need it in another computer real quick and when I put it back in I get this problem written below.
The Problem:
When the IDE cable is plugged into my CD-Drive it will not open as if it has no power to it. However, when the IDE cable is unplugged and only the power cable is plugged into it, it opens and closes fine.
Also, it does not recognize the hard drive since I put the CD Drive back in. I have tried different IDE cables. Also, I have hooked up the hard drive to a different computer and it works fine. So I know it is not the hard drive at fault. Is it possible that somehow my IDE slots on the motherboard are shorting out my drives? I really hope not as it would be a big pain to get a whole new MB. I also can hear the hard drive spinning when both the IDE and power cables are plugged in but it give me the "no boot disk" screen as if there is no hard drive connected. Also, the jumpers and location of the drive on the cable is as it should be. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Unfortunately I think that's been covered,
Dell are really wierd when it comes to their systems. I have even heard of Dell equipment not taking NON-DELL peripherals like keyboards etc insisting that it must be their own. I think it was my ex-supervisor that found it out the hard way!