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DVD drive reads DVDs but not CDs
I recently installed a new hard drive in a friends PC. Since then, he's
had trouble using the DVD drive - it doesn't read CDs. System configuration: IDE Primary Master Samsung SP1213 N hard drive -Windows Xp SP1 IDE Primary Slave - None IDE Secondary Master - Toshiba DVD-ROM SP-R1002 IDE Seconday Slave - Western Digital WD 600 hard drive The Samsung is the new drive and Windows was installed onto it using the CD drive. The old drive was then refitted. Due to the short lengths of IDE cable in the machine, the above was the only configuration possible. I've checked all the jumpers and they're configured correctly for this set up. Then tried removing the slave hard drive but that didn't fix things. And all the drives are correclty identified by the BIOS and show up correclty in Device Manager and My Computer. Now I'm stumped for ideas and my friend would like a working computer back. |
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