Help Paiktis with his godamn CD-Recorder

[Bereta_Eder]

Ok, I had a thread about that a while ago.

Things have happened since and obviously I haven't yet installed the damn thing.

Anyway and bypassing things that have arisen and dealt with, I have this question to me fellow Poly Tubbies


There is a cable.

A long one.

Which I don't have.

To be more specific it is called I-blahblah something to connect the motherboard with the CD -Recorder.

There is no such cable.

There is one wich connects the MB to the CD-ROM

There is another one which connects the MB to the Hard Disk.

Another one which connects the MB to the DiskDrive.

And that's all.

There is not another one to connect the CD - Recorder.


I searched the Motherboard (I'm a total illitarate when it comes to PCs so bare with me) and I saw that there is a socket free next to the two other cables that conect the Harddrive and the CD-ROM.

So do I buy a I blahblah cable and connect that socket to the MB and to the CD - Recorder?


But there is also a socket that comes out in the middle of the cable that connects the MB to the HD.

Do I get a cable and connect THAT socket to the CD - Recorder?


Anybody can help me?

Anybody even understands what I said?

I'm gonna ask technical support tomorrow but Apolyton advice is known to transcent mere mortal technical support so...


Thanks!

[reds4ever]

an IDE ribbon is what you need (costs pennies), connect it to the MB from the CDR and your system should recognize it.

Yourea bit hard to understand ;O) but here goes:

you need a thick (IDE) ribbon to connect frothe drive to the MB, and a smaller power connector (ususally white plastic) from the drive to the MB.

Then you need to set the drives up as either masters or slaves, if you have an existing CD and HD they will probally both be masters, so you need to set you recorder up as a slave to either of them (the jumper settings will be on the drives)

hope this helps

[Bereta_Eder]

red4ever, yeah that helped thanks!

But I need a clarification:

as I said there is a socket in the MB which, logically, should be used to plug in the IDE cable and then plug the other end in the CDR.

HOWEVER, there is ALSO a socket in the middle of the IDE cable which connects the MB with the HD.

U sure I plug the IDE cable to the MB and NOT to the socket which is in the middle of the MB-HD IDE cable?


The reason I ask this is that in the ****ing instructions there is a picture of a IDE cable with 2 connections.

Again thanks for helping me and for your courage to go through my labyrinthe of "explanations".


edit: and BTW how many pennies for the IDE are we talking about exactly? (give or take?)

[blackice]

http://www.waterwheel.com/Guides/how_to/optical_drives/optical_drives.htm

It even has pictures

If the cdrom is on the cable by itself plug in the end on not the middle.

[reds4ever]

you can use either!

the socket in the middle is just a splitter for another HD.(or CD) but before you fit the drives make note of the master/slave settings for your new drive and which ever drive you 'slave' off.

ie if your HD is the Master ( wihich it will be) then you use the socket in the middle and you new drive is the slave.

i'm on for a while if you have any trouble

[Bereta_Eder]

oh ok. then if I choose to use the IDE of the HD then the CDR should definitely be slave.

if I chose to use the MB socket for the IDE I can make it whatever.

Ok, I'll use the MB just to be sure.

I'll do it tomorrow though cause I need that damn IDE cable.

I also needed two spare plastic straps... oh forget it, i got those, but now i need that damn IDE cable too.

Ok, thanks Red4ever blackice

[reds4ever]

pak,

yep if youve got a slot free on the MB use that, but you can use the sockets in the middle if you have too

[blackice]

blackice, which is the primary IDE and which is the secondary IDE?

Your Hd is in the primary your cdrom will go in the secondary.
If you have only one cdrom and one hd put them into different IDE slots. IE: HD in primary cdrom in secondary

The thing is:

The IDE cable that connects the MB to the HD has a SOCKET in the middle of it!

Sounds like you have only one cdrom

Should I just go ahead and discard that socket and use the free socket in the MB instead?

Do you have two IDE cables? If so yes use both cables plug the cdrom into the secondary Ide slot on your motherboard. (the free one) As red said look at the back of your cdrom you will see a small jumper. Make sure the jumper is on MASTER or CS that is usualy the factory setting. If you put the cdrom on it's own cable.

/edit: If you notice the IDE cables and the slots will have notches make sure you line them up right. If no notches the red side goes into number 1.

[Bereta_Eder]

blackice, there are three slots for IDE cables in my motherboard.

2 of them are occupied by two IDE cables.

one of them goes to the HD (this should be the primary from what you told me)

the other goes to the CDRom.


The one that goes to the HD has an IDE socket in the middle of it.


But from what I understand I can use an IDE cable either to the free slot in the motherboard or to the socket in the middle of the HD IDE cable to connect my CD - Recorder.


I'll use the free slot at the MB, just to be sure.


BTW nobody at the store told me I had to buy an IDE cable, the ****ing morons, now I have to go downtown to the store again tomorrow

[reds4ever]

BI

i THINK he's got 2 MoBo slots, 1 HD connected but only one IDE ribbon, so the CDR is either a slave of the HD or Pak buys a ribbon tomorrow? it's tidier the second way!!!

[blackice]

they never do.

Is it a burner you are installing or just a cdrom?

[reds4ever]

can a board have 3 IDE slots?, PAK, just slave off the HD

[blackice]

Yes newer ones do. The reason I ask if it is a burner is the burner should be on the independant IDE cable. Less problems that way .

[reds4ever]

ah, better still, slave the CD of the HD and leave ther CDR on it's own, but i'd check you definatly have 3 IDE slots

[reds4ever]

beat ya!!!! ;O) edit: you beat me to it!!!