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CDrom not working
I have a new 2.4 celeron machine. I install my old H/D, CDrom and a new CDwriter. In "My Computer it shows the CDrom And writer. When I place a CD in the player nothing happens. When I click on the drive in "my computer the computer freeze and I had to reset.
I put the CDrom back in my old computer AMD 333 and it work without a problem. Now what is the problem it won't work in the new machine. I unplug the writer and plug on the same cable the CDrom without success.
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Answer 1:

You need to make sure the jumpers on the back of the drives are set proprly. There will be a little jumper clip that you can change from Master, Slave or Cable select on the back of the drive. You will need to look close to see the markings on the drive MA, SL, CS respectively.

Make sure one is Master and one is SLAVE, I usually set CDRW as primary.

OR ;Try using a different ribbon cable for each drive, MUCH easier.

I have try the above. No go.

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by thechas

The problem is that the hardware on the motherboard is VERY different between the 2 systems.

You need to install the proper drivers for the chip-set on the new motherboard.

It is usually NOT a good idea to just move a hard drive from 1 PC to another.
I ALWAYS recommend a clean fresh installation of the operating system.
At a minimum, you need to use device manager and remove ALL hardware devices that will not be the same on the new PC before removing the hard drive from the old system.

You can download and run the free utility Belarc Advisor from www.belarc.com to list what hardware is installed.

IF you installed the DOS mode driver for the CD drive on the old PC (from the floppy) you may need to edit the system files to stop the driver from loading.

I need to know which version of Windows you are running to provide detailed instructions on how to modify the system files.

Chas

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