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I just made a P4 2.533 GHz on an ASUS P4S8X mother board and have not been able to see my DVD drive it does show my CD drive which is attached to the master (Black Connector) of the same cable. Any ideas what to do? Thanks in advance?

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A short follow-up and practical checklist to complement the answers above. As noted, the problem ended up being jumper-related and the drive’s silk‑screened settings were misleading. ’s point about whether the BIOS sees the unit is the right starting question: if the BIOS doesn’t detect the drive, Windows-level fixes won’t help.

Quick, ordered checks (do these before assuming the drive is dead):

  • Confirm the drive gets power (Molex connector). Swap the power lead with a known-good one.
  • Remove any other device from the same IDE cable and connect the DVD as the only device there; this isolates master/slave/cable-select conflicts.
  • Try a different IDE cable and a different IDE channel on the motherboard. 80-conductor cables matter for higher UDMA modes; the blue end goes to the motherboard, black is usually the end connector.
  • In BIOS set the IDE channels to “Auto” or run the manual detection routine; verify both primary and secondary channels are enabled.
  • If the drive spins but still isn’t detected, test the drive in another machine (or in an external USB/IDE adapter) to confirm the drive itself is functional.

Notes and cautions: some older drives have incorrect or confusing jumper markings—use the exact model number and manufacturer documentation if available. If BIOS detects the drive but Windows XP/2000 does not, look at Device Manager first (uninstall the CD/DVD node and reboot). For registry-level fixes (UpperFilters/LowerFilters) always back up the registry before editing.

If these steps fail, the usual culprits are a bad IDE cable, a faulty power rail, or an incompatible/misconfigured BIOS setting; replacing the cable or trying a different controller card quickly identifies which.

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Just Windows can't see it or the BIOS can't see it either? Have you moved the jumpers around on the drive itself?

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You stated that your CD-Rom drive is connected as a master. The DVD-Rom drive should be a slave .Now to do
this you set the jumper in the back of the DVD-Rom in slave jumper.

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Thanks for your suggestions guys. I will soon give you a feedback on that and my BIOS doesn't seem to show it either.

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Thanks for your suggestions guys. I will soon give you a feedback on that and my BIOS doesn't seem to show it either.

Sorry for a very late reply but I owe you one :-). I resolved the issue by playing with jumpers and some of the settings were not printed correctly thats why it all happened. Thanks to all of you, take care!

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Zotigo

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