i bought a new internal cd burner drive. and my pc isn't reconizing it. and the only diff on the requirment s on the box is my processor. it's calls for a pentium III 500 MHz. and i know a GHz is bigger than a MHz. so what's the deal? (btw i have installed it correctley both ways they suggest). links would be helpfull thx.
2007-01-13 19:13:03 · 4 answers · asked by Rat 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
its probably faulty.. take it back and get a new one
2007-01-13 19:16:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your PC isn't recognizing it for other reasons. It has nothing to do with your CPU.
On the IDE cable you've hooked it up to, make sure you have the burner set as either master or slave. If you have another device on the same cable, then it needs to be set to the opposite of that device. Use the jumpers located on the back of the drive (this should be explained in the manual).
Another thing that it could be is the position on the cable. The master device should be on the "end" connector , while the "slave" device should be on the "middle" connector.
2007-01-14 03:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your PC is 4x faster than a 500MHz, that is just the minimum requirement.
To put it simply, you need to check your jumper settings on the back of the drive.
If still no success, you have a faulty drive.
2007-01-14 03:57:47 · answer #3 · answered by bloodweiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the celeron cpu is over 3 times quiker than the intel pentium 3, what os are you running? xp should find the drivers itself, not sure about the others i know win 98 doen not
2007-01-14 03:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋