CD/DVD-rom Issues; Won't Boot

   Hi, I am having a problem booting when I remove my CD-Rom 'Slave' or try to replace it with a DVD-Rom.
Below I will give my computer specs.
I have 2 hard drives, so the Primary IDE slots hold my 2 hard drives; one a
Master and the second one is the slave to the master.
On the Seconday IDE slots, I also have 2 cd-roms, one is the master and the
other is the slave to the master. The master is my cd/read/write cd-rom. I
want to leave it and change the slave cd-rom to a DVD-rom (not a dvd r/w
rom)...
I bought bestbuys dvd-rom, took out the 'slave' cd-rom and put the dvd-rom
in with the pin set for the slave. I booted my computer and it wouldn't boot
pass the first booting page. It wouldn't boot into windows.. What could be
wrong?????????
I took the new dvd-rom back out and left the secondary slave empty and tried booting and it
wouldn' t boot with nothing in the secondary cd-rom bay .. wierd to say the
least.. Like I said the secondary IDE slot is the Master of r/w cd-rom and I
never removed it or touched it, it is still there..
I then put my old cd-rom back in the secondary (slave) and waited a few
mintues and booted up my computer.. It booted with no problem.. I repeated
this whole sequence several times with the same results.. I for the life of
can't figure it out... My computer should boot with or without the second
cd-rom (slave), shouldn't it????? Adding a cd-rom or a dvd-rom should not keep my
computer from booting up should it?????
In my cmos, I have it set to boot-up with the hard drive as my first
boot-up, the second is the cd-rom.. but I don't see how removing or replacing
the 'slave' cd-rom would prevent it from booting into windows..
Yes, I have check the cables, settings and everything in my whole computer.
Can someone please tell me what is causing this.. I need a dvd-rom drive.
not paticularly the brand of the dvd-rom I just bought (which I have already
took back anyway) but I do need to get a dvd-rom asap in my computer so I am
hoping someone might know a solution to this problem..
Thanx for any help,
Granny (below are my specs)
SYSTEM INFORMATION:
Mother Board: K7N2 Delta series MS-6570 (v1.X) ATX Mainboard
AMD Athlon™ XP 2500+ 1.84 GHz, 2.00 GB Ram
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer   NVIDIA
System Model   AWRDACPI
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 Authentic AMD ~1837 MHz
BIOS Version/Date   Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 11/7/2003
SMBIOS Version   2.3
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video card 256MB
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory   2,048.00 MB (just updated my ram from 512 mb last week)
Available Physical Memory   1.59 GB
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1.95 GB
Page File Space   2.60 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys
Power Supply 400 Antex (ATX12V)
Primary IDE
Master 40 GB Hard Drive
Slave 160 GB Hard Drive
Secondary IDE
Master CD-R/W Rom: TDK 52x EIDE
Slave to Master CD-R/W Rom: MTRP 50x EIDE
This is all it gave on the storage/ide under my system info;
Storage/IDE
Name   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0065&SUBSYS_57001462&REV_A2\3&13C0B0C5&0&48
I/O Port   0x0000F000-0x0000F00F
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\pciide.sys (5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148), 3.25 KB (3,328 bytes),
Name   Primary IDE Channel
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&0
I/O Port   0x000001F0-0x000001F7
I/O Port   0x000003F6-0x000003F6
IRQ Channel   IRQ 14
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes),
Name   Secondary IDE Channel
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&1
I/O Port   0x00000170-0x00000177
I/O Port   0x00000376-0x00000376
IRQ Channel   IRQ 15
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes),

With the one drive alone did you remove the jumper?
Sometimes drives are picky and fight over who is master/slave. Try switching them.

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Hi!
I'm using a stock dv5-2135, and I'm experiencing several issues. The first seems to be a serious CPU slowdown. I'm even getting a lag when typing. After deciding to do a full restore, I have found the DVD Rom drive won't recognize any media, and won't burn. If I can't get the drive to work, how the frak am I supposed to do a full restore? Short of throwing this thing into the river, any suggestions on where to proceed?
Thanks.

Hi ChefJim27,
Take a look at this document - there is a troubleshooting document for CD/DVD Drive is not Detected (Windows 7) - take a look and try those steps and let me know if that helps resolve your issue.
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I just had a format,installed everything,everything works fine except that when i put a DVD into my dvd rom,it won't play,it say's that there is no cd in the dvd rom,regular cd rom's do play...I use the same setup as before,except that now I use a SATA maxtor drive and before a ATA drive,what could be the problem? something in the bios?I installed the inf driver...my SATA drive is primary master and my dvd rom secondary master. Also when I connect an extra ATA hard drive as secondary master and the dvd rom as secondary slave he do read the dvd's...i just don't get it,please help and sorry for my bad english!
Thx in advance!

Yes, I understand that from your last post. I'll explain again: If you set any IDE drive's jumper to slave mode, no matter primary or secondary, it must have a master IDE drive(jumper set to master) to detect it. In you case of SATA + HDD + DVD and DVD don't read is simple because, you SATA drive is standalone on Serial ATA controller, your HDD jumpers is being set as master drive already, so it will be detected as master no matter in Primary or Secondary controller. Thus, your DVD drive's jumper is being set as Slave, therefore, no matter if you put it in Primary or Secondary controller, it will not be the master driver due to the jumper settings and in turns need another IDE drive being set as master from it's jumper (your ATA HDD in your case) to be connected as the DVD drive's master so the DVD drive can work as a Slave.
Now, just simply pull out that little jumper from the DVD drive and put the jumper to the pins where it's indicated as Master as labelled on the drive itself and everything will work without the additional HDD to support.
All the Best... :D!!!

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