IDE Devices not detected!!?
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If the hard drives aren't being detected by another PC and not even by the BIOS there's two possible problems.  The hard drive control board is fried or the interface cable is bad.  If you aren't sure about the jumpers remove them and plug the black connector into the drive, that way it's the only drive and it will set as master, if it works you know it will be the jumpers.  Usually moving the jumpers to the far left setting sets the drive to Cable Select, on your IDE cable black is mater and grey is slave, try that.\n\nAlso, is the drive even coming online, you'll here it when power is applied, if it is not even doing that then you can rest assured your drive is dead and pretty much unrepairable or irrecoverable save a miracle, though there are data restoration services, they charge by the megabyte.\n\nI'd say that if you have it plugged into power and at least just try having one connected on the black IDE connector and it does nothing, like I said, it's dead.
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Go into the hardware manager and delete it.  Reboot the machine and see if Plug N Play will see it.
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i had ta download some java thing before mine would work...look into that...
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Hello !\n\n1. System Properties\n2. Hardware.[Device Manager]\n3. IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.[Primary IDE Channel]\n4. Right Click and choose Properties\n5. Resources and there you have it:\n\nIRQ 14 - Primary IDE Channel\n\n\n© ßogdan @ CyE CORP.
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Did you install the DVD drive yourself, or did it come with the computer?  If you did it yourself, make sure that you have the correct master/slave settings on the drive.\n\nAll CD & DVD drives today use the IDE (aka EIDE or ATA) interface to connect the drive to the motherboard.  Many hard drives in computers also use the IDE interface.  Most motherboards come with two IDE channels (IDE1 & IDE2), and each channel can support 2 drives (master & slave).  The master takes priority when the motherboard communicates with both devices on one IDE channel.\n\nThe IDE cables are those flat/wide cables that have a connection on each end & one in the middle.  If you have two devices connected to one cable, then one of the devices must be the master & the other must be the slave.  If you have both as master, then it probably will cause problems.  \n\nYou can change the master/slave settings with tiny plastic jumpers that are next to the connections on the back of the drive.  You will have to refer to the user's manual to make sure you have the right setting.  If I remember correctly, a jumper placed in the far left position is master, and a jumper placed in the next position to the right is slave, but it may depend on the manufacturer.\n\nYou can go to wikipedia for some pictures to help in this issue\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics
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Try Help, Detect and Repair first ... no need to reinstall :)
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Did you plug it in before you installed software and drivers? If so you will need to go the system devices and find the unknown device that was installed in its place. Then install the software and drivers before plugging it into your system. If that is not the problem then you will have give more information ont the problem.
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Each IDE channel can accept 2 devices.  Most motherboards come with 2 IDEs.  So 4 devices.  Your CD/DVD drive will also be plugged into this.  So, if there are no other IDE devices plugged in you can install 2 more hard disks.  Each channel should have a Master and Slave.  These are controlled by small jumpers on the back of the devices.  This has to be done correctly.\n\nSome motherboards also have SATA connections if these are not used then you can use SATA hard disks.\n\nIf you dont want to open up the computer and fiddle about with cables and jumpers, then get external hard disks with USB and can be plugged in to the USB socket in your computer.  Much easier.\n\nGood Luck\nBattery Wizard
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Windows XP should automatically install the standard IDE drivers, you should not need anything else.\n\nIf you are having memory problems, open up your device manager and remove the DVD player. Restart the computer and have it find the device again.
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sounds like your missing a driver. Look through you install cd to find it.
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restart your computer\n\nif that doesn't work, de-install it and re-install it again
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try go to my computer right click then properties then hardware then device manager and check if there are disbaled here and enable them \ngoog luck
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WELL, IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO INSTALL A DRIVE THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THESES INSTRUCTIONS. FIRST CHECK THE CABLES. THIS YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE. BUT THERE COULD STILL BE PROBLEMS HERE. MAKE SURE THE IDE CABLE IS PLUGGED ALL THE WAY IN, AND SEATED FIRMLY.  THE POWER CABLE IS IN OR YOU WOULDN'T GET ACTION ON THE CD LIGHT. BUT ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP HERE IS TO CHECK THE JUMPER SETTING ON THE DRIVE. IT NEEDS TO BE SET TO EITHER "MASTER"-IF IT'S THE ONLY DRIVE ON THE IDE CABLE. OR "SLAVE" IF THERE ARE 2 DRIVES ON THE ONE IDE CABLE. BUT HERE AGAIN IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK THAT IF THE DRIVE IS A SLAVE, IT HAS TO BE PLUGGED IN TO THE PLUG ON THE IDE CABLE THAT IS BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS. THIS IS THE "SLAVE" PHYSICAL POSITION ON THE IDE CABLE. IF IT IS ON THE END OF THE CABLE AND SET TO SLAVE YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS. NOW, THE OTHER POSITION FOR THE JUMPER IS "CS" OR "CSEL" OR "CABLE SELECT". THEY ALL MEAN THE SAME THING, CABLE SELECT. WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO SEE THE DRIVES AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THE DRIVE IS PLUGGED IN ON THE IDE CABLE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY KNOW WHICH IS MASTER AND WHICH IS SLAVE. BUT BOTH DRIVES HAVE TO HAVE THEIR JUMPERS SET TO CSEL IN ORDER FOR IT TO DO THIS. IF THIS DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, GO ON TO THE NEXT STEP--- GO INTO THE DEVICE MANAGER OF WINDOWS. TO GET THERE CLICK: START:CONTROL PANEL: SYSTEM: HARDWARE(TAB): DEVICE MANAGER. IN THE DEVICE MANAGER CLICK THE "+" NEXT TO DVD/CD-ROM DRIVES. THIS WILL REVEAL ALL THE OPTICAL DRIVES YOUR COMPUTER RECOGNIZES. IF THE NEW DRIVE IS NOT LISTED HERE, YOUR COMPUTER ISN'T SEEING IT. SO NOW YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO CONTROL PANEL, AND CLICK "ADD NEW HARDWARE". LET WINDOWS SEARCH FOR THE NEW DRIVE. IF IT FINDS IT THEN LET IT INSTALL IT. IF IT DOESN'T THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GO INTO YOUR BIOS. TO DO THIS, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AND DURING THE START-UP IT WILL EITHER GIVE YOU A SPLASH LOGO OF THE MANUFACTURER OR IT WILL GIVE A BIOS SCREEN. THE BIOS SCREEN AND POSSIBLY THE SPLASH SCREEN SHOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE " F2 FOR SET-UP" OR "DEL>SETUP". WHATEVER BUTTON YOU NEED TO PUSH TO ENTER SET-UP. THIS IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE BIOS BY PEOPLE LIKE ME. ANYWAY, IF IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU AN OPTION, AND JUST A LOGO APPEARS SUCH AS COMPAQ, HP, OR GATEWAY, THEN YOU NEED TO PRESS THE ESC KEY OR TAB KEY DURING STARTUP TO GET IT TO SHOW YOU THE BIOS SCREEN AND THERE IT WILL TELL YOU WHICH KEY TO PRESS TO GET INTO SETUP. ON SOME COMPAQ MODELS YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE ESC KEY 3 TIMES REALLY FAST AND THEN PRESS F10. BUT EACH MANUFACTURER WILL USUALLY BE DIFFERENT. DEL IS THE MOST COMMON BUTTON, THAT IS THE DELETE KEY. ONCE YOU GET INTO THE BIOS MENU THE FIRST PAGE SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR DRIVE CONFIGURATION. AND/ OR AUTO-DETECT YOUR DRIVES. SELECT THE DRIVE  (IF BIOS SEES IT) AND LET THE BIOS AUTO-DETECT IT. IF YOU DON'T EVEN SEE YOUR DRIVE, THEN IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION. EITHER THE POWER PLUG THAT POWERS THE DRIVE IS DEFECTIVE OUT OF YOUR POWER SUPPLY UNIT(PSU) AND THE OTHERS WORK(RARE, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE) OR THE IDE CABLE ITSELF IS DEFECTIVE IN THE PORTION BEING USED FOR THE DRIVE, OR FINALLY THE DRIVE ITSELF IS DEFECTIVE. ONE LAST THING , YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 4 DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE IDE'S. ALSO IF YOUR LOOKING AT THE DEVICE MANAGER AND THE DRIVE SHOWS UP, BUT HAS AN EXCLAMATION POINT BY IT, THAT MEANS THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER DEVICE USING THE SAME IRQ(INTERRUPT REQUEST). IF IT'S A QUESTION MARK THAT MEANS THE DRIVER ISN'T INSTALLED. JUST RELOAD THE DRIVER FROM THE CD THAT CAME WITH THE DRIVE, OR GO TO THE MANUFACTURERS WEB SITE AND DOWNLOAD IT. IF YOU NEED ANYMORE HELP JUST EMAIL ME, BECAUSE I'M IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW. joe_mccn@yahoo.com. ALSO YOU SAY THE DRIVE WAS WORKING AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY YOUR COMPUTER AND THEN QUIT WORKING. ONE THING I FOUND MAKES A COMPUTER DO THAT KIND OF FUNNY STUFF, IS D
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just go to windows update they should have the drivers if they are not installed
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Check the BIOS and make the peripherals manual detect and assign the correct device. It may be by default in auto mode. Cheers !!!!
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u dont have either active x installed or u might not have java on ur computer
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I assume you have the IDE controller enabled in BIOS?\nDid you set the jumpers on the drives? If you did make sure you have the master connected to the end of the cable and the slave connected to the middle (slave) connector.