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2007-07-06 10:30:26
Microwave
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+515|7126|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
This is beyond funny now!



Really weird problem for you all to sink your teeth into this time:


My dvd drive sometimes works. When I turn on my computer this pre-windows 'thing' scans for drives. It shows my dvd drive and continues to boot windows.

Sometimes it's fine and it works. But 9 time out of 10 it doesn't show in my computer or device manager, or when I scan for new hardware.


I've check the boot priority  - floppy, the dvd drive, hard drive.



Anything that jumps out that is obviously wrong or an obvious fix?


Thank you
2007-07-06 10:49:56
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|7188|Riva, MD
Do you have a secondary CD/DVD drive?
2007-07-06 10:51:29
pedigreeuk
I'm English, not British!
+113|7242|Rotherham, England
you got jumpers in the correct position?
2007-07-06 10:53:54
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|7188|Riva, MD
Shouldn't the hard drive have priority over the floppy, and then the DVD drive?
2007-07-06 10:57:24
Microwave
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+515|7126|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
I've set the jumpers to have it as master yes.


I've also tried it on cable select which made no difference.
2007-07-06 11:00:46
tupla_s
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+455|7063|Finland

_j5689_ wrote:

Shouldn't the hard drive have priority over the floppy, and then the DVD drive?
No, otherwise you can't start from cd-rom


If you have only one drive connect it to the end of the ide cable and set to master. If you have 2 the one connected to the middle connector should be slave and the one connected to the end connector set to master

Last edited by tupla_s (2007-07-06 11:09:48)

 

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