Help with new DVD recorder!
Hi everyone. Today was my birthday so my parents just bought me a brand new DVD Recorder (Memorex DVD Double-Layer Recorder 16x16 Dual Format Internal). Just a few moments ago I tried to set it up. Btw, I have a Cyber Power computer, probably bought it 1 1/2 years ago maybe 2 at the most. It has a regular CD-RW player so I decided to get a DVD recorder. I had a few questions because whenever I tried to hook it up it wouldn't boot up. It would say:
Verifying DMI Pool Data ............
Boot from CD :
NVIDIA Boot Agent 205.0469
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 NVIDIA Corporation
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
HCPS (or something like that).....
PXE-E61: Media test Failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
If I just hook my regular CD-RW up it will work fine. But if I try to hook up my DVD player it just wouldn't boot. It may be my error, but I'm trying to figure that out. My motherboard only shows 2 slots where the drive goes. Both filled up by my CD-RW so there isn't another place to put my ribbon thing in for the DVD. Where should I hook it up to? There is also a audio cable from my CD-RW to the motherboard. Again, there is only one slot for this and not another for my DVD to have one too. Also, to make things easier, I will tell you where everything of mine is set (incase yours is different). I just really need help on where things go because I may be missing something or might be plugging/unplugging the wrong wires. Oh, there was something called a Master or Slave I saw on the tech support site and a Jumper or something. I don't know what these are, where they go, and I'm not sure if I ever got one with the package!! So if someone could PLZ help me that would be appreciated...THANKS!!!
Verifying DMI Pool Data ............
Boot from CD :
NVIDIA Boot Agent 205.0469
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 NVIDIA Corporation
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
HCPS (or something like that).....
PXE-E61: Media test Failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
If I just hook my regular CD-RW up it will work fine. But if I try to hook up my DVD player it just wouldn't boot. It may be my error, but I'm trying to figure that out. My motherboard only shows 2 slots where the drive goes. Both filled up by my CD-RW so there isn't another place to put my ribbon thing in for the DVD. Where should I hook it up to? There is also a audio cable from my CD-RW to the motherboard. Again, there is only one slot for this and not another for my DVD to have one too. Also, to make things easier, I will tell you where everything of mine is set (incase yours is different). I just really need help on where things go because I may be missing something or might be plugging/unplugging the wrong wires. Oh, there was something called a Master or Slave I saw on the tech support site and a Jumper or something. I don't know what these are, where they go, and I'm not sure if I ever got one with the package!! So if someone could PLZ help me that would be appreciated...THANKS!!!
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It's the green thing. (They come in other colors, too.)
I believe your DVD recorder came with a small instruction guide. If you have a look at it you will find out that the jumpers are small caps that are fitted at the back of the DVD recorder close to where there main ribbon connects to.
Since you have a CD-RW connected to your computer already, I'll presume it's the MASTER so then your DVD recorder has be connected as the SLAVE. This means that the jumper cap behind it has to be fitted in the SLAVE position. Your instructions guide will show exactly over which pins to fit the jumper cap so that the DVD recorder is recognised as the SLAVE.
Once you have the jumper cap in the right place and the ribbon cable fitted it in as well you will also have to connect the power cable to the back of the DVD recorder. You should be able to find a spare one in your desktop that looks exactly like the one that is plugged to your CD-RW.
If you also want to use the audio cable then you'll have to plug it to the connector on the motherboard that your CD-RW uses and switch the CD-RW audio cable to the AUX connector which is right next to it.
I work for them. You're talking to the geek squad right now.
This is a jumper on a CD-ROM:
Notice that it's very small, installed on a set of pins, and the drive tells you what is what. Make sure the TOP DRIVE has that jumper on the pins indicated as MASTER, and the bottom one has it on SLAVE.
Another picture:
You should connect the ROMs to one another with one ribbon cable, and the hard drives you have to another cable.
1. Take the audio out of the DVD
2. Connect a ribbon from the CD-RW to DVD
3. Then connect a three-way ribbon (one of my ribbons already in there has like 3 seperate ribbon ends) - 2 to the motherboard and 1 to the hard drive?
So, you should have this connection setup:
Cable 1:
A: CD-RW (master)
B: DVD (Slave)
C: Motherbaord
Cable 2:
A: Hard Drive (Master)
B: connector left empty and disconnected
C: motherboard
Remember, with these old IDE cables, the long end goes the the motherboard, and the two close connectors go to the drives. A typical 18" cable will have about 6 inches between the connectors for the drives, and 12" for the connector that goes to the motherboard.
We'll call them Cables 1 and 2 with ends 1-3.
Cable 1 end 1 goes to the MASTER CD-ROM.
Cable 1 end 2 goes to the SLAVE CD-ROM.
Cable 1 end 3 goes to the motherboard.
Cable 2 end 1 goes to your HARD DRIVE.
Cable 2 end 2 goes to your OTHER HARD DRIVE (if applicable).
Cable 2 end 3 goes to the motherboard.
In ALL cases, end 1 must be master, end 2 must be slave. Set the jumpers on all drives to make sure that this is the case. All drives have their labels on them that indicate how to do it.
in the electronics industry. They are characterized by being flat. This allows
great flexibility when "dressing" cables in a system because they can be
folded at angles and made to lay flat, bundle nicely and fit into tight spaces,
etc. In the computer industry, we usually just refer to them as "IDE" cables.
Because an "IDE" cable is a type of "ribbon" cable, "ribbon" goes w/o saying.
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In order to connect two (CD-ROM drives in your case) on the same IDE
channel (in most cases, Secondary IDE), you will need (1) IDE cable that has
a total of (3) connectors on it. One end of the cable will connect to the
(usually Secondary) IDE channel on the motherboard. The remaining two
connectors (positioned close together at the other (far) end of the cable)
will connect to your two CD-ROM drives.
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I had some very helpful links but I'm not allowed to post links yet (not
enough posts yet) so go to Wikipedia online and search for the following:
"Ribbon Cable", "Cable Select", and "AT_Attachment". These searches will
lead you to very good definitions, descriptions, etc. You will find also very
helpful information and instructions on a site called "buildyourowncomputer".
This is a dot net rather than dot com site. Look for "hard drive install".
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If you decide to stay with a Master/Slave jumpered configuration then the
last drive on the cable (connected to the *end* of the cable-fartherest
away from the motherboard connection) needs to be jumpered to SLAVE and
the 2nd drive (in between the SLAVE and the motherboard) needs to be
jumpered to MASTER.
However, you can simplify things a bit by setting both of your CD-ROM
drives to "Cable Select" (CS) on their respective jumper settings (at the back
of each device). If you do that, you won't have to worry about which one
is "Master" and which one is "Slave". If you jumper each drive to "CS", the
system will sort out who is "Master" and who is "Slave" based on where they
are located on the cable.
Note(A):
You must use an CS-Ready 80-conductor (as opposed to the now obsolete
40-conductor) IDE cable in order to use a CS (Cable Select) configuration.
Newer computers will already be using 80-conductor IDE cables. If you
purchase an IDE cable, it will be 80-conductor as well.
Note(B):
If one device on the cable is jumpered to CS, then the other device must be
as well. So, either jumper the two devices (1) as Master and (1) as Slave or
jumper them both as Cable Select (CS).
TIP(1):
When you plug in an IDE cable, you will notice that the outermost wire
running along one edge is red (or a different color than the rest). In most
cases, if you orient the cable so that the red (or differently-colored) wire is
on the same side as the power connector (*usually* on the right as you're
looking at the back of the device), you will have oriented the cable correctly
so that it can be plugged in to the device.
TIP(2):
If it doesn't fit, DON'T force it. Your IDE cable will only fit onto an IDE
connector one way. Make sure you have good light. Be careful not to bend
the pins. Look at the cable's & the device's connector b-e-f-o-r-e you
attempt to plug the cable in. Check to make sure no pins are bent. Now,
notice how the connectors are "keyed". (please, refer to the sites I
recommended earlier in this post. There are very good pictures there of
what I am describing.) The "key" forces the "pinned" connector
(on the CD-ROM drive) and on the motherboard and the "plug" side on the
cable's connectors. ("male" / "female" for the old school folks) to connect
only one possible way.
NOTE(C):
You may need to enter your BIOS as well in order to enable support of a 2nd
IDE device on your (usually Secondary) IDE channel. Once you are assured
that you have everything connected properly, if the drive is not detected
when you boot into your operating system, the next logical step will be to
enter your BIOS and check the configuration there.
Hope this helps!
I'm a new kid on the block around here but, if I'm not mistaken, it would be appropriate for you to close this thread now and start a new one related to the new issue.
Ahhh. My mistake. Newbie-to-this-forum faux pas.
Not closing a thread once an issue is resolved is new to me. I like it. Keeps the topic open for later comers.
On other forums I often see posters get (not so kindly in some cases) directed to start a new thread when the originator or any other participant veers off course of the original post. While the implementation is not always so friendly, I do understand the intent - to keep threads organized and on topic.