Two cd drives will not work on one machine

[Bruce]

Hi there,

I am helping a pal to install a second cd drive to his Pentium P4 running XP
Home.

No matter what we do, we can only get one of the two cd drives to work at
one time.... we have tried various slave/master jumper settings, tried
having one of the drives on the primary IDE slaved to the HDD... And of
course tried both drives on the Secondary cable... one slave, one master....

The facts are :

1/ The drive that works (and can be seen by Windows) is always the slave
device on the secondary cable. In fact, even if only one drive is installed,
it has to be set to slave for it to be accessible. No other position in the
IDE setup will work for either/any CD drive.

2/ At bootup time, if two drives are installed a PXE message appears saying
""PXE-E61: Media Test Failure ... check the cable. And also "PXE-MOF -
existing PXE ROM". It also seems to give a sort of prompt (for a CD boot
device ?) It just says : "CD: "

If only one drive installed as slave, no messages appear.

3/ Either of the drives (the CD/R or the CD/RW) will work in the computer if
it is setup as per 1) above, as a slave on the secondary IDE.

4/ I have checked the BIOS & can confirm that none of the boot devices are
set as CD devices (in case message in 2) above relates to this).

5/ In device manager, no errors appear against the IDE or CD devices...
second drive doesn't appear though of course.

6/ During early boot process, both CD devices are auto defined correctly to
BIOS... ie. as master and slave on secondary cable.

7) One of the drives is a CD/R, the other CD/RW


Any hints ??

Thanks,

Bruce

[Rich Barry]

What are the Brands and how old are these drives?

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"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there,
>
> I am helping a pal to install a second cd drive to his Pentium P4 running
XP
> Home.
>
> No matter what we do, we can only get one of the two cd drives to work at
> one time.... we have tried various slave/master jumper settings, tried
> having one of the drives on the primary IDE slaved to the HDD... And of
> course tried both drives on the Secondary cable... one slave, one
master....
>
> The facts are :
>
> 1/ The drive that works (and can be seen by Windows) is always the slave
> device on the secondary cable. In fact, even if only one drive is
installed,
> it has to be set to slave for it to be accessible. No other position in
the
> IDE setup will work for either/any CD drive.
>
> 2/ At bootup time, if two drives are installed a PXE message appears
saying
> ""PXE-E61: Media Test Failure ... check the cable. And also "PXE-MOF -
> existing PXE ROM". It also seems to give a sort of prompt (for a CD boot
> device ?) It just says : "CD: "
>
> If only one drive installed as slave, no messages appear.
>
> 3/ Either of the drives (the CD/R or the CD/RW) will work in the computer
if
> it is setup as per 1) above, as a slave on the secondary IDE.
>
> 4/ I have checked the BIOS & can confirm that none of the boot devices are
> set as CD devices (in case message in 2) above relates to this).
>
> 5/ In device manager, no errors appear against the IDE or CD devices...
> second drive doesn't appear though of course.
>
> 6/ During early boot process, both CD devices are auto defined correctly
to
> BIOS... ie. as master and slave on secondary cable.
>
> 7) One of the drives is a CD/R, the other CD/RW
>
>
> Any hints ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>

[Millard]

>-----Original Message-----
>What are the Brands and how old are these drives?
>
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>"Bruce" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am helping a pal to install a second cd drive to his
Pentium P4 running
>XP
>> Home.
>>
>> No matter what we do, we can only get one of the two cd
drives to work at
>> one time.... we have tried various slave/master jumper
settings, tried
>> having one of the drives on the primary IDE slaved to
the HDD... And of
>> course tried both drives on the Secondary cable... one
slave, one
>master....
>>
>> The facts are :
>>
>> 1/ The drive that works (and can be seen by Windows) is
always the slave
>> device on the secondary cable. In fact, even if only
one drive is
>installed,
>> it has to be set to slave for it to be accessible. No
other position in
>the
>> IDE setup will work for either/any CD drive.
>>
>> 2/ At bootup time, if two drives are installed a PXE
message appears
>saying
>> ""PXE-E61: Media Test Failure ... check the cable. And
also "PXE-MOF -
>> existing PXE ROM". It also seems to give a sort of
prompt (for a CD boot
>> device ?) It just says : "CD: "
>>
>> If only one drive installed as slave, no messages
appear.
>>
>> 3/ Either of the drives (the CD/R or the CD/RW) will
work in the computer
>if
>> it is setup as per 1) above, as a slave on the
secondary IDE.
>>
>> 4/ I have checked the BIOS & can confirm that none of
the boot devices are
>> set as CD devices (in case message in 2) above relates
to this).
>>
>> 5/ In device manager, no errors appear against the IDE
or CD devices...
>> second drive doesn't appear though of course.
>>
>> 6/ During early boot process, both CD devices are auto
defined correctly
>to
>> BIOS... ie. as master and slave on secondary cable.
>>
>> 7) One of the drives is a CD/R, the other CD/RW
>>
>>
>> Any hints ??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> Bruce, first of all XP should have one of the CD
devices set up for a boot device after FLOPPY DRIVE, DRIVE
C, and then CD. Something else to look at is what kind of
IDE cables are you using on the CDs? If you are using the
40-pin cables the IDE will set it as slave. Try the 80-pin
cables and the IDE will recognize it as a MASTER therefore
you can have a MASTER CD-R and a SLAVE CD-ROM on the same
cable plugged into the secondary IDE slot on the
motherboard.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[D.Currie]

Try a different cable.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there,
>
> I am helping a pal to install a second cd drive to his Pentium P4 running
XP
> Home.
>
> No matter what we do, we can only get one of the two cd drives to work at
> one time.... we have tried various slave/master jumper settings, tried
> having one of the drives on the primary IDE slaved to the HDD... And of
> course tried both drives on the Secondary cable... one slave, one
master....
>
> The facts are :
>
> 1/ The drive that works (and can be seen by Windows) is always the slave
> device on the secondary cable. In fact, even if only one drive is
installed,
> it has to be set to slave for it to be accessible. No other position in
the
> IDE setup will work for either/any CD drive.
>
> 2/ At bootup time, if two drives are installed a PXE message appears
saying
> ""PXE-E61: Media Test Failure ... check the cable. And also "PXE-MOF -
> existing PXE ROM". It also seems to give a sort of prompt (for a CD boot
> device ?) It just says : "CD: "
>
> If only one drive installed as slave, no messages appear.
>
> 3/ Either of the drives (the CD/R or the CD/RW) will work in the computer
if
> it is setup as per 1) above, as a slave on the secondary IDE.
>
> 4/ I have checked the BIOS & can confirm that none of the boot devices are
> set as CD devices (in case message in 2) above relates to this).
>
> 5/ In device manager, no errors appear against the IDE or CD devices...
> second drive doesn't appear though of course.
>
> 6/ During early boot process, both CD devices are auto defined correctly
to
> BIOS... ie. as master and slave on secondary cable.
>
> 7) One of the drives is a CD/R, the other CD/RW
>
>
> Any hints ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>

[D.Currie]

"Millard" > wrote in message
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> >What are the Brands and how old are these drives?
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> >"Bruce" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I am helping a pal to install a second cd drive to his
> Pentium P4 running
> >XP
> >> Home.
> >>
> >> No matter what we do, we can only get one of the two cd
> drives to work at
> >> one time.... we have tried various slave/master jumper
> settings, tried
> >> having one of the drives on the primary IDE slaved to
> the HDD... And of
> >> course tried both drives on the Secondary cable... one
> slave, one
> >master....
> >>
> >> The facts are :
> >>
> >> 1/ The drive that works (and can be seen by Windows) is
> always the slave
> >> device on the secondary cable. In fact, even if only
> one drive is
> >installed,
> >> it has to be set to slave for it to be accessible. No
> other position in
> >the
> >> IDE setup will work for either/any CD drive.
> >>
> >> 2/ At bootup time, if two drives are installed a PXE
> message appears
> >saying
> >> ""PXE-E61: Media Test Failure ... check the cable. And
> also "PXE-MOF -
> >> existing PXE ROM". It also seems to give a sort of
> prompt (for a CD boot
> >> device ?) It just says : "CD: "
> >>
> >> If only one drive installed as slave, no messages
> appear.
> >>
> >> 3/ Either of the drives (the CD/R or the CD/RW) will
> work in the computer
> >if
> >> it is setup as per 1) above, as a slave on the
> secondary IDE.
> >>
> >> 4/ I have checked the BIOS & can confirm that none of
> the boot devices are
> >> set as CD devices (in case message in 2) above relates
> to this).
> >>
> >> 5/ In device manager, no errors appear against the IDE
> or CD devices...
> >> second drive doesn't appear though of course.
> >>
> >> 6/ During early boot process, both CD devices are auto
> defined correctly
> >to
> >> BIOS... ie. as master and slave on secondary cable.
> >>
> >> 7) One of the drives is a CD/R, the other CD/RW
> >>
> >>
> >> Any hints ??
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >>
> >> Bruce, first of all XP should have one of the CD
> devices set up for a boot device after FLOPPY DRIVE, DRIVE
> C, and then CD. Something else to look at is what kind of
> IDE cables are you using on the CDs? If you are using the
> 40-pin cables the IDE will set it as slave.

Not true at all 80-pin cables are relatively new, and have little effect on
CDs. For all the years we had nothing BUT 40-pin cables, people have been
setting CD drives as master with no problem.

Try the 80-pin
> cables and the IDE will recognize it as a MASTER therefore
> you can have a MASTER CD-R and a SLAVE CD-ROM on the same
> cable plugged into the secondary IDE slot on the
> motherboard.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >