CD Drive not recognized

I recently tried adding a second CD drive to my system. After installation
and restart, boot time took forever. When it finally did boot neither drive
was showing in explorer. When I checked the BIOS settings the original
drive was indicated as Secondary Master, but no Secondary Slave. I then
disconnected the second drive and system booted as normal indicating the
original drive. Why won't the BIOS recognize the added drive?

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mk <mk@unknown.net> had this to say:

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> I recently tried adding a second CD drive to my system. After
> installation and restart, boot time took forever. When it finally
> did boot neither drive was showing in explorer. When I checked the
> BIOS settings the original drive was indicated as Secondary Master,
> but no Secondary Slave. I then disconnected the second drive and
> system booted as normal indicating the original drive. Why won't the
> BIOS recognize the added drive?

Do you have the jumpers on the back of the drive set to slave?

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes

Yes, jumpers are set correctly.
"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In news:OS5n2bw$FHA.4028@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> mk <mk@unknown.net> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I recently tried adding a second CD drive to my system. After
>> installation and restart, boot time took forever. When it finally
>> did boot neither drive was showing in explorer. When I checked the
>> BIOS settings the original drive was indicated as Secondary Master,
>> but no Secondary Slave. I then disconnected the second drive and
>> system booted as normal indicating the original drive. Why won't the
>> BIOS recognize the added drive?
>
> Do you have the jumpers on the back of the drive set to slave?
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
> existence." - Sherlock Holmes
>

I found the problem. The hard drive jumper was set on "Cable Select".
After setting that jumper to master both CD drives are now recognized.
Thanks for bringing up the jumper idea.
"mk" <mk@unknown.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, jumpers are set correctly.
> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O2b1Nkw$FHA.3304@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> In news:OS5n2bw$FHA.4028@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> mk <mk@unknown.net> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> I recently tried adding a second CD drive to my system. After
>>> installation and restart, boot time took forever. When it finally
>>> did boot neither drive was showing in explorer. When I checked the
>>> BIOS settings the original drive was indicated as Secondary Master,
>>> but no Secondary Slave. I then disconnected the second drive and
>>> system booted as normal indicating the original drive. Why won't the
>>> BIOS recognize the added drive?
>>
>> Do you have the jumpers on the back of the drive set to slave?
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
>> existence." - Sherlock Holmes
>>
>
>

In news:%23PNnC0w$FHA.1744@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
mk <mk@unknown.net> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I found the problem. The hard drive jumper was set on "Cable
> Select". After setting that jumper to master both CD drives are now
> recognized. Thanks for bringing up the jumper idea.
> "mk" <mk@unknown.net> wrote in message
> news:esaFXnw$FHA.4080@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, jumpers are set correctly.
>> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O2b1Nkw$FHA.3304@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> In news:OS5n2bw$FHA.4028@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>> mk <mk@unknown.net> had this to say:
>>>
>>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>>
>>>> I recently tried adding a second CD drive to my system. After
>>>> installation and restart, boot time took forever. When it finally
>>>> did boot neither drive was showing in explorer. When I checked the
>>>> BIOS settings the original drive was indicated as Secondary Master,
>>>> but no Secondary Slave. I then disconnected the second drive and
>>>> system booted as normal indicating the original drive. Why won't
>>>> the BIOS recognize the added drive?
>>>
>>> Do you have the jumpers on the back of the drive set to slave?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>>> http://dts-l.org/
>>>
>>> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the
>>> commonplaces of existence." - Sherlock Holmes

I hate to say this in public for fear of ridicule. <g> Never, ever, ever,
ever... Never... Never even begin to bother with using cable select as a
jumper setting. Master, slave... Not even master without a slave...
Nothing... Well, okay, so that's what's worked for me over the years and
your mileage may vary and I'll assume you didn't set it to cable select.
Vile critter that setting is...

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes