DVD drive loses power as IDE is connected

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  1. danbeaulieu
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    DVD drive loses power as IDE is connected


    This is a sort of double post as the issue has changed from a bios/ installation thing to... ehh I don't know.

    So I was swapping drives to make sure my drive wasn't shot and I plugged the power into the DVD drive first and it green lighted and started spinning. Then I plugged the IDE cable in and the drive stopped, no lights no spiny spiny. Pulled the IDE cable back out at it fired back up again. I repeated that like a monkey for a few minutes... Anybody know whats going on?

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  3. mckillwashere
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    Do you have the IDE cable plugged in correctly?
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  4. danbeaulieu
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    yes, I have my keyed ide cable plugged into the keyed port on the mobo
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  6. mckillwashere
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    The main reason why I asked is some of the older cables are not keyed and its easy to plug them in backwards.

    Have you ever had issues with this driver before??
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  7. LiquidSnak
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    Are you plugging it in with the computer on?
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  8. Solarstarshines
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    Why not just scratch the cable could be old and non responsive anymore i have had this happen to me a time or two those cables wear out too

    and if it went from green to red then off the cable is doing something funny
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  10. danbeaulieu
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    The bios is fine as I recently replaced my bios chip all together with success. I think I've got a bad mobo... it doesn't notice my hard drives either.
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  11. LiquidSnak
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    Are you plugging it in with the computer on?
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  12. mckillwashere
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    .... How are you "replacing" your bios chip.... That MoBo doesn't support swappable chips.
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  13. danbeaulieu
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    mckillwashere said:
    .... How are you "replacing" your bios chip.... That MoBo doesn't support swappable chips.

    m3a32-mvp deluxe wifi-ap

    yes it does... cuz... well they sell em and i did it so yeah. The new bios chip works fine, I was able to navigate it and change parameters, it also showed the latest firmware revision.

    BIOS Chip:ASUS M3A32-MVP DELUXE /WIFI AP - eBay (item 380137437096 end time Oct-31-10 01:58:20 PDT)
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