How To Install An Extra Cd Burner?

sk4t0 · 07-17-2007, 12:39 PM

I JUST INSTALL THEM BUT NOW THE CPU DONT RECOGNIZE THEM IS LIKE I DONT HAVE ANY KIND OF DVD DRIVE OR THE BURNER...

The computer had alrready this lightscribe dvd rw drive and i put an memorex cd rw but it wont recognize it so wat i should do?

dai · 07-17-2007, 12:57 PM

if it is not being recognised by the bios,you probably have the jumpers set wrong on the back of the drive
use an 80 wire cable
blue plug to the m/board
black end plug set the drive connected to this to master
middle grey plug set the drive connected to this to slave

**justpassingby** · 07-17-2007, 03:27 PM

Hi sk4t0 and welcome to TSF

As dai said, it's very likely to be some bad jumpers setting.

Jumpers are small plastic caps on small metal pins at the back of the drive. There's a sticker on the drive that tells you what position correspond to what state (slave, master, single, cable select, ...). When you have 2 drives on the same IDE cable you have to set the one that's hooked at the end of the cable as master and one that's in the middle of the cable as slave. You can use tweezers to move the jumpers and if a jumper is missing you can usually get one for free at your local computer shop.

To check whether you've hooked your drives correctly, enter the bios (usually by pressing the del key during startup), search for the screen with the info about your drives and verify that they all appear there.

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sk4t0 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xp	How To Install An Extra Cd Burner? I JUST INSTALL THEM BUT NOW THE CPU DONT RECOGNIZE THEM IS LIKE I DONT HAVE ANY KIND OF DVD DRIVE OR THE BURNER... The computer had alrready this lightscribe dvd rw drive and i put an memorex cd rw but it wont recognize it so wat i should do?

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dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: How To Install An Extra Cd Burner? if it is not being recognised by the bios,you probably have the jumpers set wrong on the back of the drive use an 80 wire cable blue plug to the m/board black end plug set the drive connected to this to master middle grey plug set the drive connected to this to slave __________________

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justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,219 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: How To Install An Extra Cd Burner? Hi sk4t0 and welcome to TSF As dai said, it's very likely to be some bad jumpers setting. Jumpers are small plastic caps on small metal pins at the back of the drive. There's a sticker on the drive that tells you what position correspond to what state (slave, master, single, cable select, ...). When you have 2 drives on the same IDE cable you have to set the one that's hooked at the end of the cable as master and one that's in the middle of the cable as slave. You can use tweezers to move the jumpers and if a jumper is missing you can usually get one for free at your local computer shop. To check whether you've hooked your drives correctly, enter the bios (usually by pressing the del key during startup), search for the screen with the info about your drives and verify that they all appear there. __________________ Malware removal steps. Post your logs there and not here ! Posting system specs Last edited by justpassingby; 07-17-2007 at 03:29 PM.