THANKS EVERYONE. I FIXED THE ERROR I HAD. I HAVE A TOSHIBA TECRA M2 LAPTOP AND I CHANGED MY DRIVE TO A 'TOSHIBA SD-R6372 DVD-RW'.

I THEN HAD THE 'IDE#1 1ERROR'. AFTER DAYS OF SEARCHING FOR SOLUTION.

I PICKED OUT THE PINS 45 AND 47 ON THE DRIVE, SLIPPED SOME ALUMINIUM FOIL (KITCHEN FOIL) BETWEEN THEM, CONNECTED IT UP AND BYE BYE PROBLEM.

I LOVE MY DRIVE AND MY LAPTOP. I WOULD LOVE TO HELP MORE PEOPLE SO EMAIL ME IF YOU NEED TO
HARRY_400@HOTMAIL.COM

Since I'm not able to hot switch in my Toshiba Satellite M30, the only computer I can use to fix the 6500A firmware for my M30 is an old P3 machine running Windows 98SE. The original available IDE configuration was two optical drives installed as master and slave. I removed the cable and power from both of them and using an IDE adapter I connected the 6500.

I booted from a floppy and was able to run 6500BOOT with no errors.

I booted the P3 machine again from the floppy and ran 6500MAIN. Part of the way thru the batch file, I got an "error on drive A: -- Abort, Retry, Ignore or Fail" message. I assumed the floppy was bad so took it to another computer which said it was OK. I made a new floppy and got the same result.

I assume there is no firmware in the drive if I correctly understand how 6500BOOT/MAIN work. So I've got the 6500 with a flashing LED and don't know what to do next.

I could use a little advice.

is this modification specific to Toshiba laptops, cause I have an HP omnibook with a similar issue. Drive is C2402 (CSEL) laptop wants master/slave. BIOS won't see drive, windows will. I'm considering applying the modification to the pins, but I don't wanna fry my machine.

thanks

WOW You Guys Are The SH%^ Thanks SOOO VERRY Much for posting this info i had it done in less the 10min and now my CDRW/DVD Combo Works Great and by the way i have a Tecra A1 and got the damm IDE#1 ERROR

Thanks Again
Gage

Thanks so much! You guys are the best!

I was so frustrated with setting up my new SDR6472 in a Toshiba Satellite 1410. It just wouldn't work!

Soldering did the job!

Thanks again!

Hello

I have the same problem with a Toshiba laptop 2410 s515 and a sony CRX830E

I know not a lot in hardware and dont speak english fluently
and cause the only jpeg which is familiar to me is the "dvd_drive1.jpg"
I would like to know if the pins I have to link are on the upside part and inside the IDE socket or on the printed circuit card, on the side I can see without open the drive or, always on the printed circuit card in the back of the socket once I have opened the drive; those ones are in silver colors.

I know it looks like a silly question but I discover hardware from inside and wouldnt like to make mistake.

Thanks to the original poster.....i performed the jump from pin 45-47 and my problems were solved. I have a Toshiba 6100 and used a LG/Hitachi DVD Burner and everything seems fine now, DMA on the IDE channel is working now.

Only if there was a firmware or program that can change the slave/master setting.

Thanks!

help me!!!
my dvd toshiba sd-c2502 fir 1711 is died after firware update from 1711 to x711.
how I can make to repairs it? it does not come more recognized
excused my English. I am Italian

OMG, i finally fixed it with the tin foil fix between the pins, it took 2 hours and alot of swearing to do it but i finally did it

I was working with a toshiba satellite 1800-s254 with a sd-c2502, i took the drive out (2 screws on the inside labeled b5.5) and slid it out, got a little 1 inch square of tin foil, folded it unti it was thin enough to slip into it, curved it around pins 45 & 47 (roughly) insert it, and it detected the next time i started it up, but then i went to the firmware flash page, flashed it, but then an error happened and it completely rendered it useless again. SO i had to do the whole thing again, this time not flashing it at all, just letting it be, and yes now it still cant play dual layered dvd's, but at least its reading cd's and some single layers again.

The only reason why i used the tin foil fix is because my soldering iron was on the fritz and the super small screw driver i had the tip was worn and i couldnt grip the small screws on the dvd drive, so i said the hell with it, should have the same effect because it is just shorting out the 2 contacts, and sure enough it did work, so after about a week of being dead and slowing down my boot up with the ide error message, i fixed it, and whats odd is that even after removing the drive and booting it up, it still wouldnt boot fast because the ide error was still coming up..... odd....so yeah if any one needs further instruction or more detailed info on how to do the fix, just pm me or reply to this

-Sackavelli

hi all.
nice idea with the pins, to make the new drive work.

BUT WHY IS MY OLD DRIVE NOT RECOGNICED ANYMORE?

my standard text in all forums i found is:
i have the same prob:
old teac out, new one in (same one) -> IDE error
old one BACK IN - > also IDE Error now that was not there before.

Toshiba site and support is crap, some other partner meant that
a) IDE controller could be dead (why is then my HD still working?)
b) the drive connection could be not 100% (but it has power and opens etc.)

i can not flash the new drive to slave cause it is not recogniced at my laptop, i dont have an adaptor to connect to desktop. but even if i could flash it right, like my old drive is already, it would not be recogniced i guess....

what do u think?

bios settings are not accessable (on my toshiba satellite pro 2100 and i dont know how to check if the IDE controller is broken or how to read errors out of it)
do I need to solder two pins in my cd drive and everything would be (slave) better?

thanx for all answers (if there are any )