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Windows doesnt show converted DVD drive after connecting IDE SATA adaptor

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Anonymous   11-08-2009 at 05:39:04 AM

Connected IDE/SATA adaptor to IDE DVD-RW in place of DVD CD Rom player which was "F" Drive. Now it shows nothing. Power works the drawer, but that's it. Device Mgr does not see this DVD-RW drive. Is a new HP p6120t Desktop.

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r_manic   11-10-2009 at 09:08:46 AM
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Clearly there's an issue between the data connector between the drive and your mobo. Suggest you try another adapter.

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mousemonkey   11-10-2009 at 09:14:57 AM
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r_manic wrote :

Clearly there's an issue between the data connector between the drive and your mobo. Suggest you try another adapter.


Agreed, those things are horrid. One way I used to get around this was to use a SATA expansion card that had an IDE port on it.
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