[Cialug] barebones system

[Tony Bibbs]

Verify it is set as the master/slave per your situation on the IDE 
cable.  Obviously you may want to verify the IDE cable isn't dead.  You 
may also want to drop the drive in another computer just to ensure it's 
truly DOA.

--Tony

Kendall Bailey wrote:
> I purchased a brand new "barebones" system with an Athlon 3000+ XP,
> RAM and a CD drive.  Upon receipt I found that the CD drive was not
> connected to power or the motherboard.  The cables were provided so I
> plugged it in and intended to boot a knoppix disk as a first test.  I
> could not get the CD drive to do anything.  No blinking, no eject,
> nothing.  So I installed a 20GB drive which already has Ubuntu 5.04 on
> it, and it booted OK from that.  Still nothing from the CD drive
> though.  I've verified the power lead is live.  Anyone have a
> suggestion on what to do?  The ribbon cable for the CD drive seemed to
> fit into the motherboard in just one spot, so there's no choices
> there... but I admit I have no docs on the board, drive, etc...  So
> basically, if a CD drive has power, but does not blink and won't eject
> the tray, is it certifiably DOA?  Time to call the vendor?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kendall
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