therascalking
Devious Techie
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- Fullerton, CA, USA
hey all...
so im trying to fix my friends old P4... its a 'custom' comp... mostly parts from a company called 'SOYO', looks like... and its running WinXP Pro, SP2... only ive run into a problem i dont seem to be able to fix... im not terribly familiar with IDE (ive been using SATA on all of my builds) or the primary/secondary or master/slave system, hence my conundrum...
heres the problem tho:
theres two drives in the comp, a DVD drive, and a CD ROM drive... and i know both work, cuz ive had them both working separately at different times... but i need then to work TOGETHER... haha... right now the DVD drive is plugged into what i assume is the primary position, and also to 4-pin power... but thats it... and then the CD drive is plugged into the next link of that IDE cable, and 4-pin power... now both of the drives have power and open and such, but it only recognizes the CD drive in the secondary position currently...
i tried going into the BIOS and having it auto-detect the primary IDE device... but to no avail...
i think i have everything hooked up right, but im not sure... and i dont know what else to do in the BIOS to make sure it detects both drives... anyone have any suggestions as to what to else to try?
thanks alot - RK
so im trying to fix my friends old P4... its a 'custom' comp... mostly parts from a company called 'SOYO', looks like... and its running WinXP Pro, SP2... only ive run into a problem i dont seem to be able to fix... im not terribly familiar with IDE (ive been using SATA on all of my builds) or the primary/secondary or master/slave system, hence my conundrum...
heres the problem tho:
theres two drives in the comp, a DVD drive, and a CD ROM drive... and i know both work, cuz ive had them both working separately at different times... but i need then to work TOGETHER... haha... right now the DVD drive is plugged into what i assume is the primary position, and also to 4-pin power... but thats it... and then the CD drive is plugged into the next link of that IDE cable, and 4-pin power... now both of the drives have power and open and such, but it only recognizes the CD drive in the secondary position currently...
i tried going into the BIOS and having it auto-detect the primary IDE device... but to no avail...
i think i have everything hooked up right, but im not sure... and i dont know what else to do in the BIOS to make sure it detects both drives... anyone have any suggestions as to what to else to try?
thanks alot - RK