Ok rite. problemo
- bought a philips cdrw when building system
- bought *edit* afreey dvdrom when building system (these are both on the same ide cable)
- bought msi k7n420pro mobo when .......... (yeh i built it over a year ago)
- cdrw detected in bios however jumpers/cables set
- cdrw will only show up in windows when as master on cable
- cdrw will not burn, does not show up in some cdrw programs (easy cd, musicmatch etc)
- played wiv philips for ages, gave up, got replacement from dabs.com, same problem
- assumed it was wierd compatibility with philips/system, rmaed replacement philips as well
- old 4x2x8x Memorex works fine, as slave, burns (albeit slowly)
- bought liteon 52x24x52 drive, again get SAME TYPE PROBLEM that i had w/philips drive
- detects inbios woteva, only detects DVDROM when CDRW is slave, or CDRW master with dvdrom as slave
- only detects cdrw when on its own on cable
- when its on its own on cable & detected in windows, burns fine
whats going on? ive tried to bullet-point the problem to make it easier to read!
is it the dvdrom drive being possesive or sommat?
by the way i also tried the old philips drives in other machines that had other cdrw drives installed in them, and it still gave the non-detection problems.
gonna try with old slow memorex 4x2x8cdrw as slave, liteon as master and see if it works
note: i am using an 80wire ide cable for the dvdrom/cdrw cables. does this matter?
- bought a philips cdrw when building system
- bought *edit* afreey dvdrom when building system (these are both on the same ide cable)
- bought msi k7n420pro mobo when .......... (yeh i built it over a year ago)
- cdrw detected in bios however jumpers/cables set
- cdrw will only show up in windows when as master on cable
- cdrw will not burn, does not show up in some cdrw programs (easy cd, musicmatch etc)
- played wiv philips for ages, gave up, got replacement from dabs.com, same problem
- assumed it was wierd compatibility with philips/system, rmaed replacement philips as well
- old 4x2x8x Memorex works fine, as slave, burns (albeit slowly)
- bought liteon 52x24x52 drive, again get SAME TYPE PROBLEM that i had w/philips drive
- detects inbios woteva, only detects DVDROM when CDRW is slave, or CDRW master with dvdrom as slave
- only detects cdrw when on its own on cable
- when its on its own on cable & detected in windows, burns fine
whats going on? ive tried to bullet-point the problem to make it easier to read!
is it the dvdrom drive being possesive or sommat?
by the way i also tried the old philips drives in other machines that had other cdrw drives installed in them, and it still gave the non-detection problems.
gonna try with old slow memorex 4x2x8cdrw as slave, liteon as master and see if it works
note: i am using an 80wire ide cable for the dvdrom/cdrw cables. does this matter?