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Old March 17th, 2006, 09:40 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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DVD drive problem

I just installed a NEC ND-3550A on my Dell Dimension 8200 will I cant get it to work, and now that it is installed my D drive doesnt work either, they both will open and close but they wont read a disk, did i forget something? I'm new to all of this so any help would be great.
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They open and close simply because they have power. You need to check the jumper settings on the drive. Did you attach it to the same cable as the D drive? What is your D drive anyway? The drive that's on the end of the cable needs to be set as Master, while the other drive needs to be set as Slave...or they can both be set to Cable Select.
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My D drive is the cd drive, yes i attached it to the same cable as the d drive, i installed the dvd drivr right below the cd drive, there where to open plugs so those are the two i used, not sure how to do any of the things you just said!
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It doesn't matter where they are physically located inside the computer...the IDE cable attachment and jumper settings are what matter.
Look at this picture...it shows the various jumper settings for your drives. You will want to put your DVD drive on the end of the IDE cable, which has the oval around it in this picture. Your CD drive will be attached by the connector with the rectangle around it in that same picture. Make sure your DVD drive jumper is on the MA (Master) pins, while your CD drive is on the SL (Slave) pins. If that doesn't work, move them both to the CS (Cable Select) pins. Of course, you will want to make sure you power off while making any of these changes.
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