On 8/23/05, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a lightening strike take out my other computer. Everything seems > fine, and I have moved over to another box, same specs. > > Everything, except the cd's , work as advertised. > > When I plug both the cdrom, and dvd-writer into the ide bus, the > computer will not get to the "check memory" check bios phase. Yet when > I unplug either the cdrom or the dvd-writer the system boots, and > functions as it should. > > I have both cd devices set to "cable select". > > I've tried another IDE cable, same result. > > Any other things I may be missing > > Thanks >
Try setting them explicitly to Master and Slave. I've seen Cable Select work less than advertised. GS
