Akhen
10-31-2005, 06:01 AM
Recently I purchased 2 optical drives to put into my computer, I had trouble getting them to work and after prompt response from you guys we came to the solution that the IDE cable was faulty, so I replaced it and low and behold it worked.
I now had been using the 2 drives for 3 weeks when during a test session for my quake 4 models the game froze and I was forced to do a cold shut down.
Upon restart the drives where gone.
I went to my bios and found that optical drives where still there in 3 master and slave and I started my computer to have them once again.
But the next day the drives where gone again so I did the same thing, but this time the drives where gone in the bios too. I opened my case and made sure everything was wired correctly and restarted my comp while watching the drives, whom both show sign of life.
Anyways I dont think I can manage to get my hands on a new IDE cable for a while to see if it fixes things.
But I was hoping that you guys might have any ideas?
I now had been using the 2 drives for 3 weeks when during a test session for my quake 4 models the game froze and I was forced to do a cold shut down.
Upon restart the drives where gone.
I went to my bios and found that optical drives where still there in 3 master and slave and I started my computer to have them once again.
But the next day the drives where gone again so I did the same thing, but this time the drives where gone in the bios too. I opened my case and made sure everything was wired correctly and restarted my comp while watching the drives, whom both show sign of life.
Anyways I dont think I can manage to get my hands on a new IDE cable for a while to see if it fixes things.
But I was hoping that you guys might have any ideas?