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_ 		7. December 2007 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Motherboard: PCChips P17G Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Pentium D 925 Processor 3.0GHz OEM http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...35#warrantyinfo
or http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...3518&CatId=2235

Dvd burner: NEC NEC ND_3550 .
Can not get the NEC detected in the bios. Triing to get this set up and install XP. Don't know what i'm doing wrong. Having to use the cable for this and not the ribbon. The burner was detected fine with the old motherboard in it. Sure could use some help with this. Thanks!!
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sammorris
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_ 		8. December 2007 @ 09:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Have you set the jumper for the DVD drive correctly?
If you have, it may just be a faulty motherboard. The quality of PC chips boards is terrifyingly bad, so it may be that you need the motherboard replaced.
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_ 		8. December 2007 @ 12:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would check what has been mentioned before.

1) Jumpers on optical drive.

2) Correct cable used for this. (Sounds daft but make sure its at least a Ultra DMA (80-Conductor) IDE/ATA cable rather than the older 40-conductor kind).

3) Ensure that if you are using a primary / secondary drive on the same IDE channel that you have this set up correctly (i.e. not cable select mode etc on the harddrive).

4) Double check the settings within the BIOS to ensure that the system is configured correctly.

5) Upgrade the BIOS to the latest version here.

Let us know how you get on!
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_ 		8. December 2007 @ 23:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I got it going. A friend suggested i try putting the dvd drive on the master setting of the ribbon and the harddrive on the slave section. Sure enough, it took it and asked for an installation disk. Never tried it like that and was leary of it but it's working. I tried all positions for the shunts/jumper and it wasn't doing nothing.
Got it going and it's a vast improvement over the 1.3 ghz that i had with other motherboard.
Thanks guys.
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_ 		9. December 2007 @ 05:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Still doesn't sound right, you shouldn't ever have any issues running the drives the other way round, I always ran IDE hard drives as master...
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_ 		9. December 2007 @ 12:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by sammorris:
 Still doesn't sound right, you shouldn't ever have any issues running the drives the other way round, I always ran IDE hard drives as master...
Same here. Sounds like Cable Select option used on harddrive / optical.
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_ 		9. December 2007 @ 21:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The only problem i'd have with the master/slave settings is that the ribbon wouldn't be long enough putting the master on the harddrive and slave on dvd drive. Already had to move the burner down to it would work with the ribbon.
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