Upgraded HD from IDE to SATA, removed old HD, but DVD/CD drive doesnot read

  • Thread starter Thread starter byrocat
  • Start date Start date
B

byrocat

I upgraded the HD and installed a SATA one, cloned the old HD and
removed it. Everything else is exactly as it was, including not
touching the connector block that the DBD/CD player is plugged in to.

Now the DVD/CD player does not read, but does respond to "eject"
commands from the Explorer menu.

Anything that I messed doing like shifting the connector block being
used by the DVD/CD to the one that formerly went to the old IDE drive?
 
I upgraded the HD and installed a SATA one, cloned the old HD and
removed it. Everything else is exactly as it was, including not
touching the connector block that the DBD/CD player is plugged in to.

Now the DVD/CD player does not read, but does respond to "eject"
commands from the Explorer menu.
Click to expand...

If your data and power connectors are both secure (not knocked askew
when connecting the SATA drive) the likeliest cause is that the DVD
drive is defective. They do not last for ever.
 
byrocat said:
I upgraded the HD and installed a SATA one, cloned the old HD
and removed it. Everything else is exactly as it was, including not
touching the connector block that the DVD/CD player is plugged in to.
Click to expand...
Now the DVD/CD player does not read,
Click to expand...

Whats the exact symptom of it not reading ? Do you
get errors, or it cant see a disc thats inserted etc ?
but does respond to "eject" commands from the Explorer menu.
Click to expand...

Does that imply that it doesnt respond to the eject button on the front of the drive, or didnt
you mean to imply that and just wanted to indicated that it is visible at the system level ?
Anything that I messed doing like shifting the connector block being
used by the DVD/CD to the one that formerly went to the old IDE drive?
Click to expand...

You shouldnt need to do that. No harm in trying putting it on that now tho.

You might have just disturbed the cable going to the DVD/CD drive when
you removed the old IDE drive. Those ribbon cables have prongs that
bite into the ribbon when they are made and you can get one of them bent
over when its made and just moving the ribbon a bit can see it fail etc.

I'd try putting the DVD/CD drive on the ribbon cable the old IDE drive was on.

Its rather unlikely that the DVD/CD drive just chose to curl up and die at the
same time that you replaced the hard drive with a SATA drive, but possible.
 
byrocat said:
I upgraded the HD and installed a SATA one, cloned the old HD and
removed it. Everything else is exactly as it was, including not
touching the connector block that the DBD/CD player is plugged in to.
Click to expand...
Now the DVD/CD player does not read, but does respond to "eject"
commands from the Explorer menu.
Click to expand...

So the system boots fine?
Anything that I messed doing like shifting the connector block being
used by the DVD/CD to the one that formerly went to the old IDE drive?
Click to expand...

Is this an IDE DVD/CD?

Arno
 
Thanks everyone!

I opened the system and extracted the IDE DVD/CD player. Sure enough,
it also had the patch connectors that specified if the unit was a
master or slave. Shifted the connector to the master position and put
it back, Then installed the cable but used the first connector (the
one that used to go to the old HD).

Stuck in an anime movie DVD. Everything fired up correctly, then
started the video playing. All is good!
 
byrocat said:
Thanks everyone!

I opened the system and extracted the IDE DVD/CD player. Sure enough,
it also had the patch connectors that specified if the unit was a
master or slave. Shifted the connector to the master position and put
it back, Then installed the cable but used the first connector (the
one that used to go to the old HD).

Stuck in an anime movie DVD. Everything fired up correctly, then
started the video playing. All is good!
Click to expand...

Thanks for the washup, too rare IMO.
 
byrocat said:
Thanks everyone!
Click to expand...
I opened the system and extracted the IDE DVD/CD player. Sure enough,
it also had the patch connectors that specified if the unit was a
master or slave. Shifted the connector to the master position and put
it back, Then installed the cable but used the first connector (the
one that used to go to the old HD).
Click to expand...
Stuck in an anime movie DVD. Everything fired up correctly, then
started the video playing. All is good!
Click to expand...

Aha! You removed an IDE master! That means the slave is not properly
reset on power up. Congrats for fixing the issue.

Arno
 
So the system boots fine?


Is this an IDE DVD/CD?

Arno
Click to expand...



Is the SATA port set for IDE compatibility as you could have the same
drives on the Same IDE port.

So set the SATA drive for SATA not IDE compatibility matching.


Just had a read on my Manual set SATA Port 0 as SATA Port 0 not as IDE
Pri, Master/Slave or Sec, Maters/Slave


Same with SATA Port 1
 
Back
Top