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    Where do i plug my disc drive in!!?

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    by fin4lprayer ·

    Ok, so im using my disc drive from my old computer, which is pretty old…But it was hooked up with (i think) and ide cable…my motherboard came with a cable for the Hard drive, and a cable for the floppy….ive looked all over my motherboard and theres no slots where id plug my disc drive in….Theres a slot on the mb that says F_AUDIOCD_IN idk if that would be it or what…but can anyone help me??

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    • #2987045

      Clarifications

      by fin4lprayer ·

      In reply to Where do i plug my disc drive in!!?

      Clarifications

    • #2987043

      Wait a minute – whatever happened to your friend ?…

      by older mycroft ·

      In reply to Where do i plug my disc drive in!!?

      The one that you said was going to build it, the one that knew how to do it? Is he not available?

      How far has this new build gone?
      What stage is the build at?

      This ‘disc drive’ – is it an optical drive, a CD/DVD ?

      • #2987042

        He was here…

        by fin4lprayer ·

        In reply to Wait a minute – whatever happened to your friend ?…

        I knew how to do most of this myslef. But we got everything except the power supply hooked up and disc drive…which yes i guess thats the optical drive (CD/DVD). I just put in the psu, i have to connect that, and figure out whats with the optical drive and thats it.

        • #2987040

          That sounds about right to me …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to He was here…

          F_AUDIOCD_IN would be an optical drive connector socket.

        • #2987039

          But theres nothing to plug into that…

          by fin4lprayer ·

          In reply to That sounds about right to me …

          I dont see any cables that can plug into that…nothing… =/

        • #2987037

          Probably because there is nothing required here

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to But theres nothing to plug into that…

          Just because there is a socket there doesn’t mean it has to be used. This socket is provided by the M’Board Maker in case some odd Hardware is used or required.

          Col

        • #2987032

          Well then where

          by fin4lprayer ·

          In reply to Probably because there is nothing required here

          Is it supposed to be pluged in? i know you said read the manual, which ive looked in the motherboard manual and there is nothing about an optical drive, or installing anything except ram/expansion cards/ the processor… I don’t have a manual for the optical drive because its old…and on the diagram of the motherboard, the only optical or cd or anything is the f audio cd in thing…. =/

        • #2987028

          would it help if.

          by fin4lprayer ·

          In reply to Well then where

          I have a foxconn motherboard, p45a-s

        • #2987027

          Optical Drives are ones that rely on Light to work

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Well then where

          So read that as CD or DVD Drives at this point in time.

          Now on the back of every IDE Optical Drive are several Sockets the one on the right as you hold the drive looking at the back of it is the Power Socket where the Power Leads plug in and this is a 4 Pin Plug.

          The next one to the left is the IDE Socket which has a Nominal 40 Pins though there may be only 39 as one doesn’t get used, this is 2 rows of 20 pins.

          To the left of that is a 6 Pin Header strip composed of 2 Rows of 3 Pins and a Green, White or maybe Black Plastic Covered Jumper on two of these pins. This sets the Drive to either Master, Slave or Cable Select.

          Then to the left of this is a 4 Pin Audio Socket which is not used with Windows XP or newer Winnows OS

          and to the extreme left there may be a 2 pin socket that says Audio. This is only used on High End Audio Cards where it is required to extract the Signals from the Optical Drive in a Digital Form not a Analog Form. This is not used with most systems and is very rarely even fitted to most Optical Drives.

          What is the Make & Model of the M’Board here? We can tell you what goes where if we know what we are dealing with.

          Col

        • #2987024

          OK for this M’Board a Foxconn P45A

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Well then where

          The IDE Lead goes into the Blue Socket on the Front Side of the M’Board or at least the one facing the front of the computer case. The Power Supply has several leads which can be used to plug in to this Drive to provide Power.

          [b]No Other Leads[/b] are required. If there are other leads plugged into the Optical Drive unplug them and put them away they are not needed.

        • #2987002

          Oops !! Caffiene-Deficiency Error !! – My mistake …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to That sounds about right to me …

          I should’ve waited for that next pot to brew.

          Never thought – should’ve spotted it:-
          [b]F_AUDIOCD_IN[/b] – [i]I assumed the system needed supplementary audio feed for an already connected IDE. Sorry, I should’ve asked first.[/i] :8} ?:|

        • #2987001

          Well it would have helped if we knew which M’Board it was

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Oops !! Caffiene-Deficiency Error !! – My mistake …

          😀

        • #2986997

          04:18 AM local time. Just woke to discover …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to Well it would have helped if we knew which M’Board it was

          That the brown doody I had chucked into the mix, had been eviscerated by the fan blades.

          Silly me. 😉

        • #2986996

          Bad Bad Bad OM

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to 04:18 AM local time. Just woke to discover …

          Don’t you already know that when you chuck that brown Stuff at the Fan you need to be standing behind it?

          That way it doesn’t leave any Human Type Shapes on the walls well at least only the Human Type Shapes that you want covered in the Brown Stuff. :^0

          Currently it’s a lovely 28 C and just after 2.30 PM here so it’s lovely and comfortable without any AC running. 🙂

          I have to feel really sorry for those people surrounded by the Polluting called Snow. Their Governments are not protecting them well at all to allow that stuff to be around. I’m supposing that the Governments just want to make more money out of their Citizens. By requiring them to run heating appliances because the snow is responsible for no sun being present. :^0

          Col ]:)

        • #2986995

          Lucky Lucky Lucky OS

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to 04:18 AM local time. Just woke to discover …

          [u][b]Local Meteorological Report[/u][/b]

          Mostly Cloudy 3’C
          Wind SW 2 m/s

          [i]It was -1’C when the human shape appeared on my lounge wall. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it – and the lounge wall![/i] :^0

        • #2986967

          But Windows isn’t Lucky

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to 04:18 AM local time. Just woke to discover …

          M$ certainly is lucky that IBM where Dumb enough to adopt M$ Products way back when things where young. However Windows is just a default followup from M$ DOS. 😀

          After all what else could be meant by OS? :^0

          Col ]:)

    • #2987038

      Which Lead is this then?

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to Where do i plug my disc drive in!!?

      If you are talking about the Audio Lead from the Optical Drive and are using something like XP or newer you don’t need it fitted. Unplug it from the Optical Drive and place it somewhere safe in case you decide to load DOS sometime in the future.

      If you insist on using the Audio Lead which are not fitted to new computers by most people and every System Maker it plugs into the 4 Pin Header strip that reads Audio in. The F_AudioCD_In should be the connector for the Front Audio In if you have a MIC Jack on the front of the case.

      But as always don’t mess around [b]Read the Manual[/b] that comes with the M’Board it explains what everything is for and how to use this piece of hardware.

      Also [b]What [/b] is the [b]Make & Model[/b] of this M’Board?[/b]

      Col

    • #2987023

      Also with this M’Board you need 2 Power Plugs to plug into it

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to Where do i plug my disc drive in!!?

      The first one is the standard 24 PIN ATX Type and according to the Photo on Foxconn’s Web Site the second is a 12 Volt 8 Pin Connector. If your Power Supply [b]Doesn’t have.[/b] the 8 Pin Plug it [b]Will Not[/b] work with this PS you will need to buy a new PS to make it work.

      Col

      • #2987014

        ouch. =(

        by fin4lprayer ·

        In reply to Also with this M’Board you need 2 Power Plugs to plug into it

        Well the optical drive has power/is working. with just a 4 prong cable from the PSU, but i don’t see any 8 prong cables from the PSU, so i guess that i have to buy a new one…unless there is a converter? …Well, idk if its working or not because i press the power button and the PSU/Processor fans spin and everything…i just dont have a picture on the screen..

        Thanks for all the help =)

        • #2987013

          And that is why you don’t have any Display

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to ouch. =(

          The ATX Plug can not supply enough current to the M’Board. If you keep attempting to make it work like that you will destroy the M’Board by overloading the Tracks on it and have them melt.

          If you look at the M’Board as it is in the case to the front of where the PS2 Keyboard & Mouse Plug in there should be a Cream/White 8 Pin Connector that you plug in the Supplementary 12 V Power Plug to. This allows the M’Board to work correctly and if it is not plugged in there is no way known that the M’Board will work at all for the short time that it lives.

          [b]Caution[/b] As this is a P45 Chip Set M’Board it required a Power Supply that suits a P45 Chip Set. Standard PS’s only have a 4 Pin Supplementary Power Plug and these [b]Are Not Suitable[/b] for this M’Board type.

          Col

        • #2988703

          Are there converters?

          by fin4lprayer ·

          In reply to And that is why you don’t have any Display

          are there converters for the 8 pin one…or do i need to buy a new power supply?

        • #2988676

          NO and YES …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to Are there converters?

          NO – You cannot convert something which does not exist – your old power supply is not capable of (and therefore not equipped for) delivering the second power source to the motherboard.

          YES – You’ll need to buy a new power supply that is suited to powering your new motherboard and all the ancillary equipment that you’ll end up attaching to it.

          Them’s the facts and there are no shortcuts.

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