ok beating me head into a wall again

[geno888]

Ok I see that, the plastic jumper is the same place as the old one,
the set of pins on the right , middle and left nothing on them.

Different drives have different pattern for jumpers. Check to put it in the right position. In the beginning of this thread you said that you was able to do at least a burn and then drive didn't work.

[photo_angel2004]

yes I am not real sure what all happened there but it seems to be working good now........ hopefully will continue to ... Thank you so much for all the help from every one.

[geno888]

You're welcome

[toomanycats]

I had this same problem about 6 months ago. I have found that when you remove a DVD/CD drive it is best to start the computer without any drive the ide slot before you replace the drive. Then shut down and install the new drive. This has worked for the 2 computers I have built in the last 6 months. I replaced the drives (swapped them around) till I got the combo I liked.

[photo_angel2004]

thats good to know, thanks

[MikeyBK]

I have found that when you remove a DVD/CD drive it is best to start the computer without any drive the ide slot before you replace the drive. Then shut down and install the new drive.

That should 'not' be necessary.

[Chewy]

That should 'not' be necessary.

with a healthy computer and windows xp that's usually right, but it sure
doesn't hurt, I changed wireless network devices in this computer and I removed and booted before installing the new one.

[MikeyBK]

with a healthy computer and windows xp that's usually right, but it sure
doesn't hurt, I changed wireless network devices in this computer and I removed and booted before installing the new one.

I personally never had any issues like that, but you and Toomanycats probably have a point in that it never hurts to be 'overly' cautious.

[Chewy]

with W98 it was 3 reboots and clean up ghost devices from safe mode