CD-ROM Controller Error on P5GD1

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"Neal Lavon" <nlavon@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Basically, I have a vanilla CD-ROM reader linked as a slave to a
> Plextor 708A DVD writer master, and both linked to the Secondary IDE
> channel of an Asus PG5D1 motherboard. The Plextor guide says it should
> be set as master with the CD-ROM set as slave. The Plextor's firmware
> is 1.08, the latest; the CD-ROM is what it is, set at what came out of
> the box. The OS is Windows XP SP2. Two hard drives are master and
> slave to Primary IDE channel.
>
> The system identifies the CD-ROM and its icon will appear in My
> Computer but the system will not read the contents of any CD-ROM in
> the machine.I've tried two separate CD-ROM drives in the bay. The
> DVD-ROM can read just fine; no problem there. Looking in Event
> Manager, I see Event 51 and Event 9 and Event 11 error messages for
> the CD-ROM:
>
> IO_WARNING_PAGING_FAILURE Message: An error was detected on device %1
> during a paging operation)
>
> IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR Message: The driver detected a controller
> error on %1
>
> I've read a couple of different responses to similar questions here.
> So could I ask:
>
> a) should the two hard drives be switched to the Secondary IDE channel
> which is now in IDE mode? (Asus tech support says to do this)
>
> b) chain optical drive with hard drive to both primary and secondary
> IDE channels?
>
> This has been a real pain for me in the past several months so any
> help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Well, your DVD burner works fine in any case, and other CD-ROM drives don't
fix the problem. So, the very next thing *I* would do is replace the IDE
cable. It's a cheap test and it may just save you a load of additional
grief.