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Optical drives should eject (via their front panel eject button) whether there's even a data cable connected or not. If yours is not ejecting, that makes me question it's power connection. Try plugging the drive into a different power connector (preferably on a set of wires that doesn't already have a device on it, if possible).
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Mar 07, 2008
- The next thing to check (with the system off) is what the master/slave settings are on the existing drive and the new drive. Both drives should have a jumper on the back, near where the IDE data cable plugs in. There should be three settings: CS (Cable Select), MA (Master), and SL (Slave). To work properly, I would set the old drive to "Master" and the new drive to "Slave" by moving the jumper to the appropriate set of pins.
If the system still doesn't recognize the drive, it's possible the BIOS is not set to even look for a new drive. Most BIOS' have the options of "None" (it won't even look for a drive), "Auto" (it will automatically detect it), and "User" (the user sets the type of drive and parameters). If you can get into the BIOS, set all of the IDE channels to "Auto" and save your changes. Let me know if this is necessary and I can help get you there.
