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In Bios the Cd-rom says not installed. I h...




By sbarthus on Aug 12, 2009

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In Bios the Cd-rom says not installed. I have a two drives on with c-dw. Drives open and close and power goes to them and disc spins. It just isn't recognizing the drives are there.

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posted on Aug 12, 2009
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bob_computer

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first thing to check is the small jumpers on the back of the drives !

one should be set as master and the other should be set as slave if you are using IDE type drives. It certainly sounds like that is your problem and if it is the fix is quick and easy
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