Re: trouble installing second dvd drive

"mitchbryan" <> wrote in message
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> the motherboard is a dell inspiron 531 and all cables are working
> (power and data) and both drives are fine.
>
> i havent got the manual for the motherboard.
>
> i am goin to look in the bios for an option i have heard about - sata
> 1+2 being disabled. hopefully this will solve it.

Manuals for Dell Inspiron 531
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...1/en/index.htm

Double check the SATA connections. They can slide off easily unless they
have the clips. And make sure they're lined up correctly. SATA connectors
aren't very reliable. I have 4 SATA hard drives (3 for RAID, 1 for backup),
a SATA DVD-RAM and 1 SATA ramdisk drive and had problems getting them all
recognized cause they weren't completely inserted properly. I stick my hand
in to push one in and end up loosening another. Really annoying.

Tae Song

Thanks. I know nothing about Dell's motherboards. Was just an educated guess since
this type of post has happened many times before

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Peter

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"Tae Song" <> wrote in message
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>
> "mitchbryan" <> wrote in message
> news:25fc73e5-212c-47e2-bf72-...
>> the motherboard is a dell inspiron 531 and all cables are working
>> (power and data) and both drives are fine.
>>
>> i havent got the manual for the motherboard.
>>
>> i am goin to look in the bios for an option i have heard about - sata
>> 1+2 being disabled. hopefully this will solve it.
>
> Manuals for Dell Inspiron 531
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...1/en/index.htm
>
> Double check the SATA connections. They can slide off easily unless they have the
> clips. And make sure they're lined up correctly. SATA connectors aren't very
> reliable. I have 4 SATA hard drives (3 for RAID, 1 for backup), a SATA DVD-RAM
> and 1 SATA ramdisk drive and had problems getting them all recognized cause they
> weren't completely inserted properly. I stick my hand in to push one in and end
> up loosening another. Really annoying.