I am trying to reload an OS onto a very old Powerspec but the power spec only has a CDROM and my OS disc is DVD. So I put a new DVD ROM with a SATA adapter for power but the BIOS does not seem to recognize the new DVD drive, I can't get it to boot from the new DVD ROM. I took the old IDE cable...
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How do I find out what version of SATA is supported in my notebook (ASUS F3Eseries, Vista 32bit)? I tried to look into the manual, had a look at some forums but didnt find much of results. Id like to upgrade my notebook by installing new HDD and Im deciding whether to buy...
So I recently purchased an iHas DVD Drive. There is no SATA port on my laptop, so i also bought a SATA to USB cable. It also came with a SATA to IDE/Block power supply. So just want to say power isn't the cause of this trouble. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 7741Z-4433
Anyway, i plug it into my...
my motherboard has 5 sata ports on it and i have harddrive connected to 1-4 and they all work perfectly fine but on the 5th port i have a dvd drive and it can see that a drive is there but everytime i put a disk in it says theres no disk in the drive please help me find a solution to this problem.
...LightScribe)? As it plays it freezes the whole computer and the only way to get out of it is to restart the computer.
It plays the movies with great quality, but soon after a while it just stops. Mouse can't be moved or anything. Even when I get the Blu-Ray movie out it still stays frozen on...
...LightScribe)? As it plays it freezes the whole computer and the only way to get out of it is to restart the computer.
It plays the movies with great quality, but soon after a while it just stops. Mouse can't be moved or anything. Even when I get the Blu-Ray movie out it still stays frozen on...
I have a Dell Inspiron computer that I bought about 3 or so years ago. I just bought a Sony internal DVD drive so I have 2. The data connector fits into the drive, but the power cable does not. I bought a molex to sata adapter, but the molex end is way bigger than the one in my machine. They are...
*BRAND NEW SYSTEM, NO WINDOWS INSTALLED*
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So I've just given my system the first boot...everything working shmick, and BIOS is recognizing CPU, RAM, Blu Ray Drive, Hard drive.
Ive set the first boot device to the blu ray drive to install the operating system. I get to the...
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My computer is xp pro, dual core, 3 gigs mem., and I have two dvd drives, they are the same drive except for one is sata and one ide, both are LG with light scribe and I use 8x dvd's for copy and the sata drives generally writes at 8x, the ide will write at about 2x, and when they read, it's...
i have purchased a ide to sata converter . can i put this at the end of my ide ribbon or does it need to be on the motherboard . the instructions aren't very good and don't mention this as an option
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 with a Sata 3 Hard drive.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3423#sp
Can i attach a Sata DVD burner such as this http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=5580 to it or do i have to find a Sata 2 / 3 DVD burner?
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i bought it from newegg and my power supply has an adapter to give it power but what kind do i need and can you tell me what kind is good. I prefer to get it from newegg