Computer not detecting IDE 2?

Question

i just put in a new motherboard and processer and when i turn the computer on it wont detect my CD Rom drives. i tried switching the cabels and when i do that it wont detect the hard drive....any ideas?

Answer 1

try to go to bios, and detect you IDE 2 manually, then save settings.

Answer 2

Here are possible cases.

1. IDE cable isn't properly connected.

2. 4 pin power isn't properly connected.

3. Conflict with Master/Slave setting if you have 2 cd rom drives.(Typically default jumper setting should work, but if not you have manually set the jumper setting for one of them to master and other to be slave)

4. CD-Roms maybe too old and needs possible firmware update by installing it to other working computers that it works with.

5. BIOS setting in your computer might not be detecting it, try to see if you can manually set from BIOS.

6. IDE cables are no good.

I think those are some of the possibilities with the computer. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

A ribbon cable will handle up to 2 HDD or CD ROMS Do not mix CD ROM and HDD on the same controller. Also along with that drive letters have to be asinghed to each drive, so make sure that the hard drive has its own controller and no other CD ROM just Hard Drives only. and dont plug in the cables the wrong way the red stripe has to be next to pin one and the molax power cable..

Answer 4

When installing hard drive and cd-rom drive, make sure they are independent on each cable. It is ok to plug two hard drive into motherboard but not mixing it with cd-rom drives because they should be seperated on a second IDE motherboard.

All drives has a jumper setting that can set them as Master, Slave, and CS (cable select)

If you installing two hard drives, make the primary a master and the second as Slave.

If you installing two cd-roms, you might want to have them both on cable select if not then try the setting for hard drive.

When looking at the motherboard, you maybe see two IDE that may have 0_IDE and 1_IDE next to it. You can connect the harddrives into 0_IDE and the cd-roms into 1_IDE.

I hope you understand what I meant.

Answer 5

first, open the case and make sure the ribbon cable and power cable is still connected to the hard drive, then,try entering the bios by hitting delete or f1 as soon as you push the power button. look to see if the ide drives are detected there. it looks like one of 3 things, your hard drive is toast and will need to be replaced, your motherboard is hosed and will need to be replaced, or you will need to do a clean reinstall of your operating system. if any of this has gone over your head( i lost you somewhere) then take it to a shop to be repaired.

Answer 6

try to enter the bios and detect the hard disk manually if problem persists open the pc and reconnect all the cable as it may be then power on again and enter the bios and use manual detect if problem persists power off and set the jumper of that hard disk to slave and repower on again, enter the bios again then use manual detect if problem persists change ur ide cable and enter the bios again, if this did not solve it change the hard disk

Answer 7

check the jumpers if using the same cable hdd to master cd rom to slave
if using two cables then both can be set to master or cd rom can still be slave or cable select
but make sure the hdd is on the master cable

Answer 8

You need to go to your CMOS setup and make sure both IDE interfaces on your motherboard are enabled and set to AUTO

Usually you have to press Del, F1 or F2 to enter setup.

If they are in setup correctly, troubleshoot cable problems & Master / Slave setting on drive or both.