I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD drives.
While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers because
my other CD drive is identical to this one. How can I get this drive working
again?
Thanks,
Matt

Matt wrote:
> I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD drives.
> While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers because
> my other CD drive is identical to this one. How can I get this drive working
> again?
> Thanks,
> Matt

That is ridiculous. Machines with twin drives have been built
many times without this problem. Windows assign different enum
values for each drive. Are you sure that the one CD drive not
seen is still working?

Oh wow, I never thought to make sure the drive was working. Oh wait, yes I
did, and it's working just fine untill I put both drives back in. Not
everyone looking for help here is a complete idiot.

"GHalleck" wrote:

>
> Matt wrote:
> > I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD drives.
> > While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers because
> > my other CD drive is identical to this one. How can I get this drive working
> > again?
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
>
> That is ridiculous. Machines with twin drives have been built
> many times without this problem. Windows assign different enum
> values for each drive. Are you sure that the one CD drive not
> seen is still working?
>
>

If two CD drives are installed on an IDE cable, one should be set as Master
and the other as Slave. Or use "cable select" for both.

Check in the BIOS to see if both CDs show up.


"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F6AD2860-59A1-4EFF-91B1-1EFD5CE20DE0@microsoft.com...
> Oh wow, I never thought to make sure the drive was working. Oh wait, yes
> I
> did, and it's working just fine untill I put both drives back in. Not
> everyone looking for help here is a complete idiot.
>
> "GHalleck" wrote:
>
>>
>> Matt wrote:
>> > I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD
>> > drives.
>> > While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers
>> > because
>> > my other CD drive is identical to this one. How can I get this drive
>> > working
>> > again?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Matt
>>
>> That is ridiculous. Machines with twin drives have been built
>> many times without this problem. Windows assign different enum
>> values for each drive. Are you sure that the one CD drive not
>> seen is still working?
>>
>>

Both show up in BOIS and work independantly. One shows up as primary slave,
other as secondary master. The one I have on the second IDE channel is on a
round IDE cable that only allows one drive on that IDE. I wasn't sure if it
needed to be set as master or slave so I used cable select for that drive.
Other two are set as master and slave with the jumpers.

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> If two CD drives are installed on an IDE cable, one should be set as Master
> and the other as Slave. Or use "cable select" for both.
>
> Check in the BIOS to see if both CDs show up.
>
>
> "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6AD2860-59A1-4EFF-91B1-1EFD5CE20DE0@microsoft.com...
> > Oh wow, I never thought to make sure the drive was working. Oh wait, yes
> > I
> > did, and it's working just fine untill I put both drives back in. Not
> > everyone looking for help here is a complete idiot.
> >
> > "GHalleck" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Matt wrote:
> >> > I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD
> >> > drives.
> >> > While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers
> >> > because
> >> > my other CD drive is identical to this one. How can I get this drive
> >> > working
> >> > again?
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Matt
> >>
> >> That is ridiculous. Machines with twin drives have been built
> >> many times without this problem. Windows assign different enum
> >> values for each drive. Are you sure that the one CD drive not
> >> seen is still working?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>