I have 2 drives on the ribbon, a working DVD ROM and a non working CD-RW. Replaced the CD-RW and not recognized. Where are master/slave settings?
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The ribbon is a PATA (IDE) connector. On the back of each PATA CD/DVD drive is a jumper which can be set to "MASTER". "SLAVE", or "CS" for Cable Select. It's easiest to set one drive as Master and the other as Slave. If the ribbon connectors are labeled "MASTER" and "SLAVE" you may set both drives to "CS" and let the cable position dictate which is master. Only one drive on a ribbon can be master, the other must be slave.
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Kinda funny that no one notices the black jumper on the adapter (below the power connector) that says "IN Master, OUT Slave", meaning "ON Master, Off Slave". Just move the jumper inboard onto 1 pin for Slave, in case you later want to switch it back to Master. SATA optical drives themselves don't seem to have or need a jumper.
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There is a jumper on each drive (near the power & signal cables). Set one to MASTER the other to SLAVE. Usually the jumpers are labeled, but if not, need to confirm with the manufacturer or user guide.Also see: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-set-jumpers-for-your-computers-ide-drive.html, http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/hdrive3.php, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment#Master_and_slave_clarification.Hope this helps.
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There is a jumper on each drive (near the power & signal cables). Set one to MASTER the other to SLAVE. Usually the jumpers are labeled, but if not, need to confirm with the manufacturer or user guide. Also see: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-set-jumpers-for-your-computers-ide-drive.html, http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/hdrive3.php, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment#Master_and_slave_clarification. Hope this helps.
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I have two drives, a combo drive with Apple Firmware and another non-Apple SATA DVD drive on the same ribbon. Mac OS X 10.4.11 sees them both.
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If you are installing the device on a windows 7 or greater operating system, windows will se it. My problem with this unit was it supposed to be a cd/dvd RW. All it saw was the DVD. If you had drivers that saw both you have to look elsewhere. Sorry. Fred Ahne
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I've got one that has gone into this same problem as described: Just cycles through one disk after another saying 'cant read this disk' Has anyone found a solution for this? Blue SA-CD and Multichannel lights are on. Will not even recognize standard store bought DVD's currently.
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Wish I could help, but I only have DVD RW disks. This machine works beautifully on those.
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The listing states DVD/CDRW - it will only write CD's. If you order it from us, just send us an email and we will put a DVDRW in it for no added cost. Thanks, Computer World
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I've had bad luck trying to install from a usb drive, had to use the original dvd. Another possiblility is occasionally windows 7 does not have the correct ahci/raid drivers, but it should ask for them if needed.
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Anthoney, I need a bit more information, as to what you have done already and the results you have gottern so far and the specific things that are not working with this unit, then prehaps I can tell you what you want to know, first of all make sure that the drives are being recognized, are you trying to use this as a stand alone or with you computer??
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I don't understand your question. Are you saying that you lost the instructions for the Rosewill external drive? If you have placed the hard drive into the enclosure correctly and Windows 7 is not recognizing the drive then I ask "How is the drive connected to your machine"? If it is eSATA then I know that some motherboards seem to have a problem. The best solution is to use USB and there should be no complications. Please clarify!
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I had no issues. I took out one screw. Attatched the cable and slide the drive in replaced screw. It was a very simple process. I am no expert on computers. I can only share my experience with repairing it.
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Could be more is an issue with the drive encolsure you are using. i have had similar issues with BestBuy's Rocketfish brand enclosures. The Sabrent ones i have oened just had the ide/sata to usb controller die on me.
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You shouldn't have to. Try a different port. And also wait up to 60 seconds for the drive to be recognized.
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I would recommend removing the old one. Though it's never happened to me, I've heard stories of extra weight/thickness causing problems with the disc drive.
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you can remove the dvd drive and insert a cady that can be purchased on ebay. hope this helps
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It should work. What do you mean not recognized? Can you not see the drive in Disk Utilities in order to format the drive?
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It should recognize is, there should be an updated drive to view it. Check the Seagate website for that.
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HI, I'm not sure where you'd find the driver. When I put it into Win 7 it just searched and found the driver when I plugged it in before I could even put the cd inI would suggest calling their tech support to see if the post it online