Guest Ugly Trick Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 I have but one IDE Header on my motherboard. I purchased a SATA Controller Card. It has one IDE Header and two SATA Headers. I connected a CD Writer to the IDE Header. Device Manager says that the device is working properly, but the computer has not identified it. I have the CD Writer set to "master". It is the only thing connected to that header. I will have to use that card or one similar to it. The card is plugged in to a regular PCI slot. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the computer has not recognized the writer? I am running Windows XP Home. I have 1 Gigabyte of memory. Ugly Trick.
Guest Jerry Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Re: SATA Controller Card The Promise SATA controller card I had used in the past said it was not compatible with CD/DVD drives, only hard drives. Check the literature. "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:692E97C8-9FC4-4DA5-8A1F-ACA29088FA1E@microsoft.com... >I have but one IDE Header on my motherboard. I purchased a SATA Controller > Card. It has one IDE Header and two SATA Headers. I connected a CD Writer > to > the IDE Header. Device Manager says that the device is working properly, > but > the computer has not identified it. I have the CD Writer set to "master". > It > is the only thing connected to that header. I will have to use that card > or > one similar to it. The card is plugged in to a regular PCI slot. Does > anyone > have any ideas as to why the computer has not recognized the writer? I am > running Windows XP Home. I have 1 Gigabyte of memory. > > Ugly Trick.
Guest Ugly Trick Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: SATA Controller Card I will check that out. I scanned over the little pamphlet and did not see anything like that on it. I will check it again. Thanks for the information. Ugly Trick "Jerry" wrote: > The Promise SATA controller card I had used in the past said it was not > compatible with CD/DVD drives, only hard drives. Check the literature. > > "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:692E97C8-9FC4-4DA5-8A1F-ACA29088FA1E@microsoft.com... > >I have but one IDE Header on my motherboard. I purchased a SATA Controller > > Card. It has one IDE Header and two SATA Headers. I connected a CD Writer > > to > > the IDE Header. Device Manager says that the device is working properly, > > but > > the computer has not identified it. I have the CD Writer set to "master". > > It > > is the only thing connected to that header. I will have to use that card > > or > > one similar to it. The card is plugged in to a regular PCI slot. Does > > anyone > > have any ideas as to why the computer has not recognized the writer? I am > > running Windows XP Home. I have 1 Gigabyte of memory. > > > > Ugly Trick. > > >
Guest Ugly Trick Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 RE: SATA Controller Card I have been in contact with the manufacturer, and they are working with me to solve the problem. I am closing this thread. Ugly Trick "Ugly Trick" wrote: > I have but one IDE Header on my motherboard. I purchased a SATA Controller > Card. It has one IDE Header and two SATA Headers. I connected a CD Writer to > the IDE Header. Device Manager says that the device is working properly, but > the computer has not identified it. I have the CD Writer set to "master". It > is the only thing connected to that header. I will have to use that card or > one similar to it. The card is plugged in to a regular PCI slot. Does anyone > have any ideas as to why the computer has not recognized the writer? I am > running Windows XP Home. I have 1 Gigabyte of memory. > > Ugly Trick.
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