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  1. 8th Nov 2004 18:24 #1
    gooberguy
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    Ok, I got a new Toshiba DVD-ROM that burns dvd-r's. I installed it worked fine. Than i realized that once i put in my dvd-rom my cd-rom doesnt work. I can dissconect the IDE cable on the dvd and leave it on the cd that way the CDrom works. Weird. I know its not the power supply not big enough becasue i have both connected, and they both open.

    On rare occasion when i get both showing in "My Computer" when u put a CD in the CDROm it freezes up. Even Weirder. But if Dissconect The DVDrom, the CDrom works. Now what the heck is going on??

    Thanks in Advance!
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  2. 8th Nov 2004 18:52 #2
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    You should look at the jumper settings on both drives.

    They may both be set to master or slave.

    One needs to be on master and the other on slave.

    You should also put both burners on different ide channels.
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  3. 8th Nov 2004 21:48 #3
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    You can leave both optical drives on the IDE channel, one must be set as master and one as slave though. As you made no indication that the cd-rom is a burner, I would make the cd-rom the slave and dvd burner the master.
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  4. 12th Nov 2004 07:00 #4
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    The Cdrom is a burner and i have the dvd set to master and the Cdrom to slave, but still doesnt work....


    Thanks for your help though.....
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  5. 12th Nov 2004 07:28 #5
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    like on my DELL there is a limit up to 4 IDE devices at one time. floppy, HD, CDRW, DVDRW but when i hook up a 2nd harddrive then my floppy is disabled. ...i think
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  6. 12th Nov 2004 08:07 #6
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    Originally Posted by rubberman
    like on my DELL there is a limit up to 4 IDE devices at one time. floppy, HD, CDRW, DVDRW but when i hook up a 2nd harddrive then my floppy is disabled. ...i think
    The floppy controller is separate from the IDE controllers... you shouldn't lose your floppy because you have 4 IDE devices.
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    Originally Posted by rubberman
    like on my DELL there is a limit up to 4 IDE devices at one time. floppy, HD, CDRW, DVDRW but when i hook up a 2nd harddrive then my floppy is disabled. ...i think
    On any computer, you are limited to 4 IDE devices. That is not Dell Specific.

    The only way to have more IDE devices is to have another IDE controller card.
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  8. 12th Nov 2004 10:28 #8
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    Try setting things to cable select too.
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