I checked out the M/B and it looks like theres some confusion.
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Not an option unfortunately my MoBo, an ASUS P5LD2 has just ONE IDE channel available plus two useless RAID IDE channels that I can't use for other purposes..
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http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...3&l2=11&l3=185
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Intel ICH7R Southbridge:
- 1 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
- 4 x Serial ATA (3Gb/s)
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Matrix Storage technology.
ITE 8211F controller:
- 2 x UltraDMA 133 support four hard drives
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Now that I think of your on-board RAID, did you run the motherboard's driver installation disk ? Then did you update those drivers at the Asus support site ? Maybe there is some conflict there.
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Currently it's set in such fashion that the HDD is on Master and the DVD-RW is on Slave, should I invert?
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Yes, and also play with Cable Select. But I would push this down on the list, and only try this when you run out of other options.
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I got a 500W PS that should be fairly enough, even considered the fact that I removed a faulty HDD 250 GB SATA and replaced it with a small 40 GB IDE.
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On a new system ? Or a new Install ? I get very suspicious when multiple problems happen simultaneously and I start looking for a single, common cause. The PS sounds good. Is this a new (hardware) system ?
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I will try out your suggestions and let you know regarding this cable thing, what about the selective startup anything I should try to disable in particular? Or any special procedure I have to follow?
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Navigate there by "Start>Run>MSCONFIG"
You are only concerned with the "Services" and "Startup" tabs. Click off the MS Services under the Services tab for clarity, as there is no point to disabling any of those.
In General, the idea is to use the ability to turn off Services in order to (hopefully) determine which (if any) of them is causing the problem. Again, hopefully.
Strategically, what I would do is turn ALL of them off, and reboot. If the CD-ROM starts working, start turning things back on. In order of "most likely to be the cause" and you can do 2,3 or 4 at a time. However you decide makes most sense.
Hopefully, first establish having them all off makes your device work properly. Then establish having them all on makes it not work properly. Find the point where the device stops working, and your problem is localized and (hopefully) ready to be solved.
I need a report on Hardware Manager yet (unless I missed it somewhere).