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author=bigdutch1 link=board=computer_hardware;num=1080973937;start= 0#0 date=04/02/04 at 22:32:17]I just bought a new computer over the Internet, and it looks like I can't get the cdrw to work. This is a bare bones type, so there is no OS.
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Did the cdrw come with the computer? Was it already hooked up?
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When i switch it on, the message Sec Master Drive - ATAPI incompatible appears.
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Odd...
Make sure the jumper is set correctly.
Make sure the IDE cable is not upside down.
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I hate to say this, but the last time I tried plugging in a dead hard drive (some idiot dropped the case), the message the BIOS spat out at me was "Configuration Error." Maybe the drive is, in fact, dead.
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The HD & CDRW are on separate cables, so 2 masters are allowed, right?
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Yes. It's better that way.
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The CDRW wouldn't work at all at first, so after opening her up, i discovered the power cable wasn't attached.
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Wait. I'm confused. They sold you a computer, with a cdrw, but did not attach the power cable to the cdrw. Hmm....
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I thought that would solve it, but after working twice, it wouldn't open anymore.
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That's
very odd. Try reseating the cables again, just for the heck of it.
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The green light stayed on, though it was consistently on, i.e. not blinking. I swopped it with an old CDRW, and that works, but the message still appears. I fdisc'ed and formatted the HD with an old Win98 floppy bootdisk, but of course there is no D:\ All of my OS's are on Cd's, and I think i've lost my DOS floppies. This is my first AMD mobo computer, (Pro 2400+) but i've never heard of incompatibility problems with ATAPI. The site tech help where I got the computer from just told me to send the whole thing back, at my cost. I was hoping there was an easier way out?
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The message still appears even with the working cdrw in? Odd. Very odd. Snoop around in the BIOS setup for anything suspicious. That's really all I can say.
Test the drive in another computer.
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