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Noobling
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 11:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there can anyone help?i have a fujitsu siemens pc with a philips DROM 6216 and a GWA 4164B.I wanted to change the GWA as i kept getting burnt dvds that froze.I put in a brand new samsung SH S182D but for some reason it will not read any discs i followed all the instructions and set it to slave but no joy ,please help
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ddp
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 12:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
are both drives on same cable? if so then which is jumpered as master & which is jumpered as slave? are they both jumpered as cable select? compare the old drive jumper position to the new drive jumper position.
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Noobling
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 13:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for looking,yes both drives (new and old) set to slave
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ddp
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does the bios see the new drive? is there an exclamation mark in device manager? is there an error code like 19?
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Noobling
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 13:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The computer did recognize the drive i do not know about the exclamation mark will have to set it up again to check.Gotta go to work now so will do tomorrow about midday.Hope you around tomorrow to give me some help.I thought changing a drive was supposed to be easy.
Cheers.
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ddp
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_ 		25. June 2007 @ 14:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sometimes yes & sometimes no as it depends on the system.
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Noobling
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 05:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There is no exclaimation mark or error code
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ddp
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 05:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try reversing the jumpers around so that what is now slave is master & what is master is now slave.
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Noobling
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 05:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just tried that still the same,1st drive works as normal,second (new) one little green light quickly flashes when you put in a dvd or cd then stops after a couple of mins and does nothing,now i am changing jumpers back to how they were.
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ddp
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 06:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try the new drive by itself.
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Noobling
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 06:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How? shall i plug the master part of the ribbon in new drive and set drive to master?
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ddp
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 06:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes
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Noobling
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_ 		26. June 2007 @ 07:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Done it still the same
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