I have removed the cover of external cdrw and connected spare wires from the system. Now both my old cd drive and new converted are not visible in the my computer folder.
Please advise the if any software is required
2006-07-05 15:51:27 · 3 answers · asked by Wowpra 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You can't really do that. While the internal ones are IDE/SATA, the external ones are generally USB. The case is there for a reason - to prevent the drive from overheating. You might just want to look for a cheap price on internal drive - they're going for next to nothing nowadays, search for it on some place like http://tech.yahoo.com
2006-07-05 15:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the external CD-RW is just a regular drive in an external enclosure it should work.
Try checking the jumpers to make sure that one drive is on the cable is set as master(MA) and the other drive as slave(SL), or both as cable select(CS). Also check in the BIOS to make sure both the drives are being detected.
2006-07-05 22:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the jumpers, make sure they are both cable select or one is master and the other is slave.
2006-07-05 22:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by piper_dl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋