anyone awake that can help me with DVD burner install right now ?

[gus]

Do i just plug the mother board ribbon in & the power supply for it ? Thats all i can see.

Also can that ribbon to the MB be put on upside down ? Does it only go in one way ?

The diagram shows an IDE cable & i have no idea what it is & cant see one inside. Should there be one ?

Ta...Gus..waiting patiently for a reply asap & drinking kava (if you hear a scream then i got a belt in from having my fingers in there)

[gubbs]

From my seive like memory, that sounds about right. (plug it into the the mother board to hd ribbon)

[jeff lapoint]

Do i just plug the mother board ribbon in & the power supply for it ? Thats all i can see.

Also can that ribbon to the MB be put on upside down ? Does it only go in one way ?

The diagram shows an IDE cable & i have no idea what it is & cant see one inside. Should there be one ?

Ta...Gus..waiting patiently for a reply asap & drinking kava (if you hear a scream then i got a belt in from having my fingers in there)
gus,

generally the ide cable is keyed to only go in one way. check the contour of the plastic piece at the end. generally, all you have to do is plug in the power and the ide cables. is there anything else on this ide cable? then jumper settings could come into play. the jumper is the fuse looking prong on the back of the burner... hope this helps. i'll stand by for a few more minutes in case...

-jeff

[devbobo]

Do i just plug the mother board ribbon in & the power supply for it ? Thats all i can see.

Also can that ribbon to the MB be put on upside down ? Does it only go in one way ?

The diagram shows an IDE cable & i have no idea what it is & cant see one inside. Should there be one ?

Ta...Gus..waiting patiently for a reply asap & drinking kava (if you hear a scream then i got a belt in from having my fingers in there) Hey Gus,

Yeah that's all you have to do.

The IDE cable should only go in one way (but it depends on how old your MB is, more 'recent' versions have the IDE cables keyed so they only go one way, but old ones didn't).

Plug it in and start up your machine, if it doesn't recognise it...and shutdown and change the direction of the IDE cable on the MB.

Hope this helps,

David

[gus]

Hey Gus,

Yeah that's all you have to do.

The IDE cable should only go in one way (but it depends on how old your MB is, more 'recent' versions have the IDE cables keyed so they only go one way, but old ones didn't).

Plug it in and start up your machine, if it doesn't recognise it...and shutdown and change the direction of the IDE cable on the MB.

Hope this helps,

David
Thanks for a fast reply guys...

David is the IDE cable that you refer to the actual ribbon cable ? The one that is 2" wide ?

My machine is 6 months old..2.4 ghz so its reletivly new.

[devbobo]

Thanks for a fast reply guys...

David is the IDE cable that you refer to the actual ribbon cable ? The one that is 2" wide ?

My machine is 6 months old..2.4 ghz so its reletivly new.
yeah

[gubbs]

Thanks for a fast reply guys...

David is the IDE cable that you refer to the actual ribbon cable ? The one that is 2" wide ?

My machine is 6 months old..2.4 ghz so its reletivly new.
yes

[gus]

gus,

generally the ide cable is keyed to only go in one way. check the contour of the plastic piece at the end. generally, all you have to do is plug in the power and the ide cables. is there anything else on this ide cable? then jumper settings could come into play. the jumper is the fuse looking prong on the back of the burner... hope this helps. i'll stand by for a few more minutes in case...

-jeff
All i have mate is the power supply & that 2" wide ribbon cable...there are some other smaller holes on the back of the burner marked 'digital out'..audio out'..analog cable select'

...but i can only find that ribbon cable & power cable. Will those 2 do the job?

Gus

[gus]

yessandshoe grasshopper...you want big power then im your man but this finiky stuff baffles me a bit.

[jeff lapoint]

All i have mate is the power supply & that 2" wide ribbon cable...there are some other smaller holes on the back of the burner marked 'digital out'..audio out'..analog cable select'

...but i can only find that ribbon cable & power cable. Will those 2 do the job?

Gus
should be good to go. i only mention jumpers because that has been a common cause of a few of my installs going pear shaped. looks like your are in more than good hands with david so i'm off to bed. good luck gushttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

-jeff

[devbobo]

sandshoe grasshopper...you want big power then im your man but this finiky stuff baffles me a bit.
Gus,

are you replacing an existing CD/DVD or adding an additional one ?

David

[gus]

Gus,

are you replacing an existing CD/DVD or adding an additional one ?

David
Putting a new burner in mate...never had one before.

Up & burning guys...thanks heaps

Gus

[gus]

Hmm..:scratch now my E drive (dvd/cd) player has gone walk-about. Cant find it anywhere. Conflict maybe ?

Gus

[devbobo]

Hmm..:scratch now my E drive (dvd/cd) player has gone walk-about. Cant find it anywhere. Conflict maybe ?

Gus
Hmm...:scratch

Did you unplug anything on the MB to plug in the IDE cable ?

If not, just check that IDE and power cables are attached properly to your old E drive.

David

[gus]

Hmm...:scratch

Did you unplug anything on the MB to plug in the IDE cable ?

If not, just check that IDE and power cables are attached properly to your old E drive.

David
Did that ..while it was turned on...what a spark. It shut down for a while but all is ok again. I have 2 HD's (C&D) so i assume the dvd player that has been in for a while (not the new burner) is E drive. It does not recognise the E drive at all.

Maybe i should try a known worker like a game in it to see if it survived the spark.

I have had way too much kava to be doing this late at night.

Will report back after recon.

Gus

[gus]

Yep..delta goodrum CD just fired up ok so i assume it was something to do with the writting on the new DVD writter..

Will keep trying

Gus

[devbobo]

Yep..delta goodrum CD just fired up ok
Not sure i would admit that :rofl

[gus]

Not sure i would admit that :rofl
If you happen to have an 11 year old girl living with you then one of her CD's is always lying within arms reach. White zombie is in MY draw.

[devbobo]

If you happen to have an 11 year old girl living with you then one of her CD's is always lying within arms reach. White zombie is in MY draw.
hehe...ok i believe u :wink

[ziggy53]

Gus,


If you have 2 HDs and an existing CD drive, you are adding a "slave" drive to the second controller port. You need to change a jumper on the back of the new DVD burner to its "Slave" position. Let me know if that doesn't work (in case you have a "Cable Select" cable.)

Also, and as you discovered, "never ever" plug or unplug devices while the power in on the computer. You can toast the whole machine. I even unplug the power to the computer, to make sure nothing is "hot" electrically.

ziggy53

[gus]

Gus,


If you have 2 HDs and an existing CD drive, you are adding a "slave" drive to the second controller port. You need to change a jumper on the back of the new DVD burner to its "Slave" position. Let me know if that doesn't work (in case you have a "Cable Select" cable.)

Also, and as you discovered, "never ever" plug or unplug devices while the power in on the computer. You can toast the whole machine. I even unplug the power to the computer, to make sure nothing is "hot" electrically.

ziggy53
Thanks ziggy...this sounds like my problem. What is the 'jumper' i only have the power & that big flat wide cable.

Is the jumper one of the cables currently plugged into my DVD/CD player ?

[gus]

God i hate dial-up !!

Does this look like what (http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6603_7-5118840-4.html?tag=txt) i need to do ?

[jthomas]

Thanks ziggy...this sounds like my problem. What is the 'jumper' i only have the power & that big flat wide cable.

Is the jumper one of the cables currently plugged into my DVD/CD player ?
Here's your jumper mate; the little white plug in the middle of the set of terminals.

http://fish-n-float.smugmug.com/photos/25828337-L.jpg Please forgive the OF picture by I was in a hurry.

[dragon300zx]

YES. Exactly what you need to do. If you don't set the slave and master designations it wont work.

[jthomas]

The DVD burner should have instructions as to how to set the jumpers. Here's an old WD hard drive:

http://fish-n-float.smugmug.com/photos/25829737-L.jpg

[gus]

Thanks guys...all very helpfull. The only instruction in the box is to have both my original DVD/CD player & the new DVD burner opposite (ie one as master & one as slave)..not written very clearly at all.

Will give it a burl now & see what that brings.

Gus

[dragon300zx]

Hey gus did you see my kiwi jokes? I'm awaiting further instructions.

[gus]

Hey gus did you see my kiwi jokes? I'm awaiting further instructions.
Burner now doing well...a huge thanks to all whom helped.

Dragon...you now need to locate a dogs eye (http://www.mitsu4wdclubqld.org/tips/kampkitch/aussie_meat_pie.htm) & totally drown it in dead horse (http://australian-food.com/sauce/tomato_sauce.html?id=109).

...let me know once you have finished.

[jthomas]

I'm removing the pictures I posted since the problem seems to be solved.