Why does my 2nd DVD drive become visable

Hi,

I have just brought a lightscribe samsung dvd rom and when I installed in in the pc as the 2nd dvd rom it does not get recognised by the bios and indeed windows Vista. I have tried swapping the connections around and when I set the new drive as the primary one. it works but again the secondary one does not get recognised by windows. anyone know why?

Thanks

my moto is a asrock am2 socked board

 

Check the jumper settings. Set the first drive to master, and the second one to Slave.

 

ahhhhhhhhh - I remember now!

just gotta find the jumper settings on the drive - should not be a problem.

thanks for coming back to me.

Cheers

 

or set both devices as C/S (cable select)[ot]then each device will then be assined to master or slave depending where on the cable it is installed[/ot]BTW: C/S also prevents ware & tear on the jumpers, because you don't move the jumpers you just move the drives location on the cable