I bought new 40 pin IDE cable for connecting my DVD drive with motherboard. When I connected my DVD drive it is not detected at all in BIOS. I also tried connecting it with CD drive and same problem, Infact no power is coming into my CD drive but with my old IDE cable its coming. Also it took plenty of time for BIOS screen to display with my DVD drive connected. I even tried to make a proper hole in one of the center hole which was partially closed with plastic by using a pin. But still same problem. So anything wrong with IDE cable? Any tampering must be done with new IDE cables for it to work or we can use it as it us? Please help. Thanks.
those parts that are covered in plastic are covered for a reason. they call it foolproof or something. Either the cable works or not. No tampering is needed. Ever. you say that power is not supplied to the drive. maybe try and replug the power molex connector? The IDE bus does not supply power to drives. maybe you connected the wrong end of the IDE cable to the DVD drive? IDE cables have usually three connectors - two are at the ends and one is in the middle, but the one in the middle is closer to one of the ends. You should connect the end to the DVD drive to which the middle connector is closer.
Hi, your problem is most likely because your using a 40 pin IDE cable instead of an 80 pin IDE cable, alot of IDE devices don't like a 40 pin cable and will cause the device to not be listed as connected to the IDE controller in the bios. So try a 80 pin IDE cable.
