DVD drive troubles

ThePoliceAreOutside · Aug 30, 2008

Heya folks;

I decided to drop in an old DVD drive for one of my builds and for some reason it will not work. I'm really puzzled. The blue end of the IDE cable is plugged into the motherboard and the master side is plugged in with the jumpers set accordingly. If anyone has any ideas what the problem might be I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks!

jbunch07 · Aug 30, 2008

when you say it doesn't work what do you mean. does it come on, will it open, does it not read?

ThePoliceAreOutside · Aug 30, 2008

Nothing, it doesn't open, it's not on My Computer.

Pinchy · Aug 30, 2008

Does the LED flash on it and the drive actually open when you press the button?

C L a z z a C T · Aug 30, 2008

Flash

Did you ever have it running on this machine?
Secondly, does the bios show it.
do a google search to find a firmware flash. In other words you may need to to re-flash the drive with a more current firmware for the OS to recognize it.

ThePoliceAreOutside · Aug 31, 2008

Yeah, nothing is working. No light, undetected in BIOS, I'm completely clueless on this

alexp999 · Aug 31, 2008

Well assuming the power is connected up properly, then i would say its dead. Even when not connected to a PC, if it has power, you can open and shut the drive bay. :ohwell:

Pinchy · Aug 31, 2008

alexp999 said:
Well assuming the power is connected up properly, then i would say its dead. Even when not connected to a PC, if it has power, you can open and shut the drive bay.

Haha just what I was about to say.

Check and double check the power molex connection

Chryonn · Aug 31, 2008

i bet something's shorted or no contact in the power circuit

holy_ · Aug 31, 2008

Maybe your IDE port on Motherboard is error, I have experienced that problem (undetected in BIOS and my computer)

alexp999 · Aug 31, 2008

holy_ said:
Maybe your IDE port on Motherboard is error, I have experienced that problem (undetected in BIOS and my computer)

Yeah but like i said earlier, if it has power the drive can independantly open and shut the drive tray. So unless something is up with the power, id say its dead. :ohwell:

ThePoliceAreOutside · Sep 4, 2008

**UPDATE**

Today I had the bright idea to test the drive on an old setup and was suprised to see that it worked fine. However in my main rig it seems its not getting any power, however my video card and other components are getting power. So, once again I'm stumped.

Any suggestions? :rolleyes:

BrooksyX · Sep 4, 2008

Try a different molex connector, that might be it. Then again maybe you already have.

ThePoliceAreOutside · Sep 4, 2008

Yeah, I've tried that already

Chryonn · Sep 4, 2008

i think it's joined the big DVD drive repository in the sky

ThePoliceAreOutside · Sep 4, 2008

The wierd thing is it powers up fine in a different machine. I also tried hooking up a fan to the 4 pin molex connectors I tried hooking the DVD drive up and they worked great. Ugh, heh. This is very odd, I would hate to go out and buy another drive just to have it not work too.

alexp999 · Sep 4, 2008

Have you tried just pluggin the power into the dvd rive, nothing else and booting?

It should allow you to see if its a power issue. Cus you should be able to operate the disc tray.

ThePoliceAreOutside · Sep 4, 2008

I've tried plugging other things in like fans and such and those work fine, but with the dvd drive it just doesn't open. :confused:

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