IDE Device Conflict???

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Ok. Just to get this straight in my own mind, you have 3 optical drives
altogether:
IDE-DVD/CD- read & write CD (& DVD of course)
SCSI-CD -read & write CD
SCSI-CD -read CD
 
Yep, you got it. And 2 SCSI HDDs and 1 IDE HDD. Boot is SCSI and OS is on
one of the SCSI drives.

I just swapped the master / slave relation between the DVD and HDD. It had
no effect on my problem. The DVD still reads and writes DVD but will do
neither for CD.
I appreciate everyone's time, but unless someone has a brainstorm, I think
I'm just going to continue to live with the situation.
BF
 
Don't understand the double post, probably something I did but don't know
what.
Sorry!
BF


BF said:
Yep, you got it. And 2 SCSI HDDs and 1 IDE HDD. Boot is SCSI and OS is on
one of the SCSI drives.

I just swapped the master / slave relation between the DVD and HDD. It had
no effect on my problem. The DVD still reads and writes DVD but will do
neither for CD.
I appreciate everyone's time, but unless someone has a brainstorm, I think
I'm just going to continue to live with the situation.
BF

Robert Heiling said:
Ok. Just to get this straight in my own mind, you have 3 optical drives
altogether:
IDE-DVD/CD- read & write CD (& DVD of course)
SCSI-CD -read & write CD
SCSI-CD -read CD
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I suppose that it could be a real problem with that DVD/CD drive, but
I've just got that hunch that Windows has gotten itself confused with
that configuration and all of those CD drives. You may or may not feel
like doing it, but I know what I'd do if it were my system and I was
sitting there. Remove all the optical drives from Windows and add them
back one at a time. It will involve a number of reboots.

Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Hardware. Remove each drive with the
wizard using the Uninstall option as though you were going to unplug and
physically remove the drives. Then do a Shutdown and unplug power (only)
from each of the drives. Then reboot and make certain that the system
looks ok except for being without those drives. If it looks ok, then
shutdown and reconnect power only to the DVD/CD drive and boot the
system. The installation of the detected drive should go smoothly and
then check to see if the problem has gone away. At this point we have an
uncluttered testbed.

Bob
ps: I didn't see any duplicate post from my end
 
Thanks to all for the opinions and advice.
The problem is now SOLVED.
Yep the drive is totally dead.
I've tried plugging and unplugging and even changing connectors for both
power and signal to no avail. The drive will open once after a reboot but no
other activity. Must have been on its way out already. So off to the junk
pile.
BF
 
Just jumping in here...

If you boot from a floppy drive, does the door operate normally? If so, it's
most likely a software issue.

And you've probably done this, but be sure to try a different cable as well.
 
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