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by moodye

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i just finished putting together a system and the dvd player isn't recognized on any channel. I put it on ide1 with the hd it isn't recognized. i put it on ide2 the samething. But when i put it in my other computer it is recognized on the first boot. any help would be greatly appreciated and have a blessed day.

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by dave.osborne

Two things off the top of my head ...

1) Is the jumper setting on cable select? If this computer which doesn't recognize the DVD drive is older, the cable select jumper setting might not work. Set the jumper to either slave if putting it on IDE 0 / IDE 1 as slave or master if IDE 1 as master.

2) How powerful is the power supply? If it doesn't supply enough wattage, it will not see the DVD drive because it has no power. Try removing power from another device in the computer and hook up the DVD drive to see if the computer will see it then. Remove the floppy, 2nd HD, zip, or another CD drive for example. Could also be that the power connection you are using is bad, use one from another device that is working ... again a 2nd HD,zip, or CD drive which is in the computer and working.

You could also try using another IDE cable, maybe one from the other computer where the DVD drive is recognized.

Hope this helps.

-Dave

by moodye

I found out what was wrong with the dvd drive, it isn't atapi compatible. And as far as the system it's all brand new parts. and the power supply is a 350 wattt.

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