May 22, 2007 #1 P phobic Supreme [H]ardness Joined Apr 17, 2002 Messages 4,363 Pretty odd issue with a PC I have here. The DVD drive works just fine *unless* I plug in the ide cable into the motherboard. I've tried multiple drives and cables with the same result. Anyone have any ideas as to what I could be missing? Thanks.
Pretty odd issue with a PC I have here. The DVD drive works just fine *unless* I plug in the ide cable into the motherboard. I've tried multiple drives and cables with the same result. Anyone have any ideas as to what I could be missing? Thanks.
May 22, 2007 #2 CompuDrew [H]F Junkie Joined Dec 31, 2001 Messages 9,680 Have you tried the DVD drive in another PC or at least a different IDE channel? Sounds like the MB might be the problem. ?
Have you tried the DVD drive in another PC or at least a different IDE channel? Sounds like the MB might be the problem. ?
May 22, 2007 #3 P phobic Supreme [H]ardness Joined Apr 17, 2002 Messages 4,363 The drives work fine but the motherboard only has 1 IDE channel (not my computer since it's using ancient IDE ). Very odd problem.
The drives work fine but the motherboard only has 1 IDE channel (not my computer since it's using ancient IDE ). Very odd problem.
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). Very odd problem.