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New CD Burner Install
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sh4rpy
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3. September 2006 @ 05:52 |
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So I bought a new CD-R/RW drive. It is made by memorex, and it is internal. Everything was going to plan, and when I finished installing it in place of my old, burnt out drive, the computer won't boot! I then proceeded to check the jumper-switches, and noticed that the drive that didnt need replacing was set to CS, while the CD-R drive was set to MA.
After what seems like hours of trying every possible combination, I just couldnt get the computer to boot, so now I have no CD-R or DVD-rom drives at all.
Does anyone know what i've done wrong?
If you need any more information I'de be happy to give it.
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3. September 2006 @ 06:13 |
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if u remove the cd-rw drive would the pc boot?
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sh4rpy
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3. September 2006 @ 06:15 |
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I just tried that, actually. What happened was when I disconnected the CD-RW drive, it wasnt booting. So then I went ahead and unplugged the DVD-ROM drive. Thats when it booted. So apparently it doesnt boot with any of these connected..:\
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3. September 2006 @ 06:17 |
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by "boot" do u mean it doesnt get into the bios or windows just crashes?
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sh4rpy
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3. September 2006 @ 06:21 |
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It wont get to the BIOS screen, it just sits like a vegetable at the startup screen, which in my case is a giant "e", for emachines. After that screen flashes for a moment, then the BIOS should come up for everything else.
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3. September 2006 @ 06:25 |
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my guess ide cable change it or switch it
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sh4rpy
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3. September 2006 @ 06:27 |
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Luckily Ive got a spare, Ill tell you how it went in a few minutes.
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sh4rpy
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3. September 2006 @ 06:44 |
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Bah! Nothing happened. I completely swapped out the IDE cable and nothing different happened. I noticed that when I have the computer turned on, it immediately recognizes when I disconnect the drives. It immediately begins to boot as soon as both drives are unplugged.
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3. September 2006 @ 07:16 |
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ok plug the cd burner just the cd burner on the ide slot where u have the hard drive conected to c if its the ide slot so unplug the hard drive and the dvd rom and plug in the cd burner in the hard drive ide slot if that fails try plugin in the dvd rom in the hard drive ide slot
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3. September 2006 @ 08:21 |
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SEt both ide drives to cable select (cs). THen try rebooting.
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sh4rpy
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6. September 2006 @ 16:29 |
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Hmm, still nothing.
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