ok i have a Asus A7N8X-X motherboard and i have just recently brought a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-109 and i would like to have this as my Master, and i also tryed to move my LITE-ON COMBO SOGC-5232K to be the Slave but when i boot up and have a look in my BIOS settings i get this Secondary Master - [@IDD] and then none of the drives work.

so does anyone know what i should do?

1. Are the jumpers set correctly?

2. Red edge of the ribbon cable next to power?

3. Maybe try the Pioneer by itself?

Originally Posted by jephree

1. Are the jumpers set correctly?

2. Red edge of the ribbon cable next to power?

3. Maybe try the Pioneer by itself?

3- yeah i tryed them by themselves and that worked but i only have 1 dvd drive, and then i tryed the cd rom by itself and that worked. so am i connecting them wrong or something because i tryed everything

are the jumpers set to master & slave & or cable select?

Originally Posted by jephree

are the jumpers set to master & slave & or cable select?

how do i find that out?

You should see it marked on the back of the drive

(get out your magnifying glass

This is just a sample from a Maxtor hard drive set to master

Slave is usually "no jumper" & cable select is other...

Originally Posted by jephree

You should see it marked on the back of the drive

(get out your magnifying glass

This is just a sample from a Maxtor hard drive set to master

Slave is usually "no jumper" & cable select is other...

thanks for ya help
its not a HD its a CD-Rom and DVD-Burner. is it the same,

Yes. They should look the same. The settings should be marked on the drive.
The DVD should be set to Master; the CDrom to slave; or both set to cable select
where the position on the cable will select.

Originally Posted by jephree

Yes. They should look the same. The settings should be marked on the drive.
The DVD should be set to Master; the CDrom to slave; or both set to cable select
where the position on the cable will select.

yeah i fixed is thanks

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