Replaced cd drive still cant read

[bboda2]

Hello,

My cd/dvd drive stopped recognizing that there was a disk in it, whether it was to burn a cd or just read one. I replaced the internal drive and it still can't even read the driver disk that came with the device. ????

 

[Engima]

Have you tried a different SATA port on the motherboard?

 

[bboda2]

thank you for the response. pardon my ignorance, but what is an SATA port and do motherboards typically have more than one? this an HP slimlime

 

[Engima]

Usually motherboards should have at least two, one for CD/DVD burner and the other for your hard drive. Did you make sure to connect both the power cable and SATA cable to the back of your replacement drive?

More or less they should look similar to the picture.

 

[bboda2]

Yes I connected the 4 pinned power cable and a ribbon cable (SATA cable?) to the back of the replacement drive. I also tried the jumper on each of the 3 possible locations to no avail