Hello,
I have a new disc drive, CDR/W, that I need to install. It's an IDE but I don't have an extra IDE slot to plug into so I got an IDE/SATA adapter. This is my second adapter I've bought.
I know the drive works as I unplugged my seconday (storage) hard drive and plugged the disc drive in - it worked fine.
However when I install it with the adapter and restart the computer doesn't "see" the drive. It might as well not be plugged in. Nothing shows in the device manager. The adapter didn't come with a disk so if a driver is needed I have no idea what to look for.
I've tried a new SATA cable and different configuration - tried the adapter on the hard drive too - but nothing seems to help.
Can someone please help me?!
I have a new disc drive, CDR/W, that I need to install. It's an IDE but I don't have an extra IDE slot to plug into so I got an IDE/SATA adapter. This is my second adapter I've bought.
I know the drive works as I unplugged my seconday (storage) hard drive and plugged the disc drive in - it worked fine.
However when I install it with the adapter and restart the computer doesn't "see" the drive. It might as well not be plugged in. Nothing shows in the device manager. The adapter didn't come with a disk so if a driver is needed I have no idea what to look for.
I've tried a new SATA cable and different configuration - tried the adapter on the hard drive too - but nothing seems to help.
Can someone please help me?!