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Since: Aug 03, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:47 am
Post subject: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once
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On it's own, the Samsung dvd player works fine
When I fit the Liteon DVD recorder, that works, but the Samsung
disappears from view.
Not recognised by W98, Dos or Bios.
Tried changing the jumpers
Any thoughts? solutions?
Thanks
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:28 am
Post subject: Re: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"TonyJeffs" <tonyjeffs> wrote in message
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> On it's own, the Samsung dvd player works fine
> When I fit the Liteon DVD recorder, that works, but the Samsung
> disappears from view.
> Not recognised by W98, Dos or Bios.
>
> Tried changing the jumpers
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> Any thoughts? solutions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
I assume these are IDE drives you are talking about. It's a somewhat common
problem for two IDE drives of different brands on the same IDE cable to have
compatibility problems. Not unheard of, anyway. If they are sharing an IDE
cable, try putting one of the drives on the OTHER IDE channel. -Dave<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:56 pm
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:56 pm
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"Scott" <pawsandclawsremovethis RemoveThis @btconnect.com> wrote in message news:<cenuhd$69v$1@sparta.btinternet.com>...
> > Tried changing the jumpers
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> What did you change the jumpers to? One should be Master (MA) and one should
> be Slave (SL).
> Try putting them both on Cable Select (CS)
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> Scott
Dave,
I'll have to read up on that. I didn't know there would be another IDE
channel, so I'll have a closer look
Currently, 1 ribbon cable connects to my 2 h/d and my two dvd's. KT7a
(non-raid)
Scott,
I tried, I think: M:S S:M M:M M:CS
I'll try CS:CS & report back
Thanks
Tony<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:28 pm
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> Dave,
> I'll have to read up on that. I didn't know there would be another IDE
> channel, so I'll have a closer look
> Currently, 1 ribbon cable connects to my 2 h/d and my two dvd's. KT7a
> (non-raid)
You make it sound like you've got four IDE devices on one cable. 
Typically, a mainboard has 2 or 3 IDE connectors, each of which can handle
up to two IDE devices, on an IDE cable with 2 or 3 connectors (3 connectors
if 2 devices). -Dave<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:05 am
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"Dave C." <mdupre.TakeThisOut@sff.net> wrote in message news:<2naar7Fuqr0dU1.TakeThisOut@uni-berlin.de>...
> >
> > Dave,
> > I'll have to read up on that. I didn't know there would be another IDE
> > channel, so I'll have a closer look
> > Currently, 1 ribbon cable connects to my 2 h/d and my two dvd's. KT7a
> > (non-raid)
>
> You make it sound like you've got four IDE devices on one cable.
I thought that, but closer inspection proves you're right. Amazing how
I got away fitting various bits and pieces without knowing that. 
> Typically, a mainboard has 2 or 3 IDE connectors, each of which can handle
> up to two IDE devices, on an IDE cable with 2 or 3 connectors (3 connectors
> if 2 devices). -Dave
I'm going to leave it till the weekend - just no time to spend an
evening playing with the innards of the pc till then.
Cheers
Tony<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 am
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:11 pm
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"TonyJeffs" <tonyjeffs.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On it's own, the Samsung dvd player works fine
> When I fit the Liteon DVD recorder, that works, but the Samsung
> disappears from view.
> Not recognised by W98, Dos or Bios.
>
> Tried changing the jumpers
>
> Any thoughts? solutions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
Look at the jumper settings very closely. I've had drives that the manual
showed different positions than the marking on the drive and markings on the
drive that were one off from correct. But then I have the worst luck. Might
be a good idea to check mfg websites too.
If the BIOS can't see the drive theirs no way the O/S can.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:26 am
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"T Shadow" <knone RemoveThis @zilch.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<J_sQc.2778$1D4.2258@fe1.columbus.rr.com>...
> "TonyJeffs" <tonyjeffs RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
> news:8ec4c623.0408022347.522565a0@posting.google.com...
> > On it's own, the Samsung dvd player works fine
> > When I fit the Liteon DVD recorder, that works, but the Samsung
> > disappears from view.
> > Not recognised by W98, Dos or Bios.
> >
> > Tried changing the jumpers
> >
> > Any thoughts? solutions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tony
>
> Look at the jumper settings very closely. I've had drives that the manual
> showed different positions than the marking on the drive and markings on the
> drive that were one off from correct. But then I have the worst luck. Might
> be a good idea to check mfg websites too.
>
> If the BIOS can't see the drive theirs no way the O/S can.
I think I've been through all the settings. (except no jumper at all)
Scott, sounds a good plan to put each dvd with a h/d but I aint gonna
try it just yet in case I mess up my hard drive access
Will do eventually, though. Recently, Partition Magic, and similar
software, cant see one of my hard disks, although windows works fine.
No idea why.
But it sounds like it'll take a weeks work to sort out. It'll be a
good time to get a new motherboard and faster processor. total rebuild
looming.
Cheers,
I understand it all better...
Tony<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:05 pm
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On 3 Aug 2004 00:47:11 -0700, tonyjeffs.DeleteThis@aol.com (TonyJeffs) wrote:
>On it's own, the Samsung dvd player works fine
>When I fit the Liteon DVD recorder, that works, but the Samsung
>disappears from view.
>Not recognised by W98, Dos or Bios.
>
>Tried changing the jumpers
>
>Any thoughts? solutions?
>
>Thanks
>
>Tony
I have an older 30gb Maxtor HDD that has a simuilar problem. It works
fine on an IDE cable by itself but as soon as I add another HDD it
mostly shows up but on occasion it won't show up in the bios or device
manager. I can fix it by shutting down and doing a cold boot but it
ain't worth the hassle. I put it down to bad hardware and don't use
that HDD anymore.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:21 am
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maggot <maggot DeleteThis @no.email> wrote in message news:<0cl7h0522gmao6c4rjdfq9t91f8bhg4sq2 DeleteThis @4ax.com>...
> >Tony
>
> I have an older 30gb Maxtor HDD that has a simuilar problem. It works
> fine on an IDE cable by itself but as soon as I add another HDD it
> mostly shows up but on occasion it won't show up in the bios or device
> manager. I can fix it by shutting down and doing a cold boot but it
> ain't worth the hassle. I put it down to bad hardware and don't use
> that HDD anymore.
I guess it makes sense, when the option is there, to get drives of the
same make & similar vintage!
Tony<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: PC cant recognise 2 dvds at once |
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