fabiomontiel Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 All right, my head is about to blow now. Today i got my dvd burner(LG) in my computer i have a regular cd burner and a dvd rom, now i cant connect the 3 devices at same time, y plugged the 3 units(yes, ide and power supply) and only works two of them, but its weird because the 3 of them have power, i can eve put a cd into the unit, but when i open my pc only appears 2 of them what can i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kccitystar Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Maybe your motherboard cannot support up to 3 devices in IDE2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Did you the jumper pins in the right order? Master/Slave or however you set it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kccitystar Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 If you have an IDE cable that supports 3 devices, set the first two drives to be Master, Slave, and the third Cable Select. I forgot all about the jumper settings. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiomontiel Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 i have two IDE ports on my motherboard in one i have my HD and the regular cd burner and the other i have the dvd and the dvd burner i just saw that i have configurated the units this way Primary IDE Master: HD Slave: LITE-ON CD BURNER Secondary IDE Master: DVD BURNER the slave does not appear...do i have to set my dvd rom jumper into slave or what? the cd burner's jumper is on master... i do not get it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I find it easier to set everything on cable select. But basically just make sure that one of the drives is set to master and the other to slave, then they should work. What shows up in the bios screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishJoe Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 i have two IDE ports on my motherboard in one i have my HD and the regular cd burner and the other i have the dvd and the dvd burner i just saw that i have configurated the units this way Primary IDE Master: HD Slave: LITE-ON CD BURNER Secondary IDE Master: DVD BURNER the slave does not appear...do i have to set my dvd rom jumper into slave or what? the cd burner's jumper is on master... i do not get it Yep, that's exactly it! Refer to the little diagram or whatever it may be on the devices for how to set each to master/ slave/ or cable select. In theory, if you don't leave them on Cable Select but rather define what each drive is, i.e. master, then your PC will boot faster. I've personally never noticed this to be the case except for when I was running 2 HD's on a 486 back in the day. :roll: Regardless, try this setup, (which is just what you've basically already said anyway) Primary IDE - Master = Hard Drive - Slave = LiteOn CD Burner Secondary IDE - Master = "Faster" DVD Burner - Slave = DVD Rom Boot into your system's BIOS and there should be an option which allows you to Auto Detect IDE drives. If you don't find IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-2, & IDE-3 and you're certain you have set the jumper pins correctly, then there are three things that could be wrong. 1) Bad IDE Cable or Bad Drive, (Doubtful but a possibility) 2) Incorrect IDE Hookup 3) Insufficient Power Supply Unit Good Luck and post back with your results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiomontiel Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 All right i did it i put the jumper on master on the dvd burner and slave in the dvd rom in the ide2 and now i have all the units working thank you very much this site rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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