Satellite Pro A10 - IDE 1# Error on boot up

HI there, i have a Satellite pro A10 and all has been working fine for the last few years until now.
A few days ago i started getting an error reading cd's / dvd's invalid disc format yet the discs work fine on every other pc.
Today i am getting IDE#1 error on boot up... the laptop is still standard from when i got it off the shelf. thinking the drive may have died due to wear and tear i replaced the drive with a working drive and i still get the same error. I have removed the ODD altogether and its still coming up.
I have also updated the bios from usb floppy which was successful. and the best part of all this. the dvd rom that came with the laptop works fine in my other tosh a10!!!!!!
Anyone got any ideas. i don really want to replace the main board if i can help it. this is the only issue with the laptop.
thx in advance people.

Hello James
IDE 1# Error is typical when ODD is not accepted by the system. The reason for that can be defective drive or usage of non-compatible drives. The fact is that every drive can not be used with every notebook model because of different pin assignment.
In your case it is really strange that drive work on other A10 but not on this one. Because of that I presume there is maybe some problem with connectors. I am afraid there is not much to do. You can try to check them and see if they are clean and not oxidized.
Sorry but we can only speculate what the problem can be but, like you know, only intensive test can give you more answers.
Good luck and pleas let us know if you will find out what the problem is.

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The next day when I booted it up on loading it said IDE#1 Error which I have since come to understand is a CD/DVD drive error, The unit itself works fine, boots up ok (except the IDE error), and I can use it as normal except that there is no DVD drive in 'My computer' which is a bit of a pain when I want to watch a film/play a game or install something.
The drive itself is totally unresponsive, when I press the eject button the tray it doesn't do a thing.
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Hi Michael,
It is possible that reseating your optical drive may be necessary to return it to full functionality. Unfortunately on the A10 this will involve some dismantling in order to reach its securing screw which is underneath the keyboard.
Please check the following link for full dismantling instructions. The DVD drive is covered in step 13. http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/ToshibaA15/SatelliteA15_laptop_disassembly_1.htm
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Regarding the point;
a) Usually it should be possible to order the Tools & Utilities CD-Rom but I ask why?
b) You can purchase the CD from the ASP in your country
c) The older recovery CD supports an expert mode. You can use this mode to choose the partition where the OS should be installed. In such case only this partition will be formatted.
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Hi, My Satellite Pro A10 laptop displays IDE #1 Error everytime I attempt to put it on. That message is all I get, although it is displayed for a short time- the laptop always comes back to that message, it attempts to load the screen just go's blanbk and then that message comes up everytime! I was wondering if anyone could explain what this means and how do i fix it?
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Hi
This is very strange that this error message appears and you have not changed the drive.
Did you try to 'flash' the drive or to install any firmware or update the BIOS?
I ask it because I can't believe that this error message appears without any reasons.
Like Jack and Silas say, this error appears because of no compatibility of the drive.
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> I've got a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 which has been flashed with the wrong firmware (i dont know which one as i didnt do it).
Lol :D I dont wonder that you get the IDE#1 Error message.
As you said by yourself you have flashed the drive with the wrong firmware. This has damaged the drives master/slave/c-sel settings and therefore the BIOS doesnt recognize the CD/DVD drive. But I ask myself why someone flashes the drive with a wrong firmware ?:| It's always known that a wrong firmware can damage the CD/DVD drive... and mostly it's not necessary to update the firmware.
> Would updating the bios to the latest version help
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> or are there any options open to me to resolve this issue other than resorting to the pin 47 & 45 connection? Would this even solve it?
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General Information
Drive Controller: E-IDE (ATA-5)
Drive Channel: Primary, Master
Drive Model: TOSHIBA MK3021GAS
Drive Revision: GA124A
Drive Serial Number: 73J94628T
Drive Capacity: 28,615 MBytes (30 GB)
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Number of Cylinders: 16383
Number of Heads: 16
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: Unknown
Bytes Per Track: Unknown
Number Of ECC Bytes: 46
Number of Sectors: 16514064
Total 32-bit LBA Sectors: 58605120
Cache Buffer Size: N/A
Controller Type: Not Specified
Transfer Modes
Sectors Per Interrupt: Total: 16, Active: 16
Max. PIO Transfer Mode: 4
Multiword DMA Mode: Total: 2, Active: -
Singleword DMA Mode: Total: 2, Active: -
Ultra-DMA Mode: Total: 5 (ATA-100), Active: 5 (ATA-100)
Max. Multiword DMA Transfer Rate: 16.7 MBytes/s
Max. PIO with IORDY Transfer Rate: 16.7 MBytes/s
Max. PIO w/o IORDY Transfer Rate: 16.7 MBytes/s
Transfer Width: 16-bit
Native Command Queuing: Not Supported
TRIM Command: Not Supported
Device flags
Fixed Drive: Present
Removable Drive: Not Present
Magnetic Storage: Present
LBA Mode: Supported
DMA Mode: Supported
IORDY: Supported
IORDY Disableable: Supported
Features
Write Cache: Present, Active
S.M.A.R.T. Feature: Present, Active
Security Feature: Present, Inactive
Removable Media Feature: Not Present, Disabled
Power Management: Present, Active
Advanced Power Management: Present, Active
Packet Interface: Not Present, Disabled
Look-Ahead Buffer: Present, Active
Host Protected Area: Present, Enabled
Power-Up In Standby: Not Suppported, Inactive
Automatic Acoustic Management: Not Suppported, Inactive
48-bit LBA: Not Suppported, Inactive
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
Raw Read Error Rate: 100/50, Worst: 100
Throughput Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100
Spin Up Time: 100/1, Worst: 100 (Data = 942)
Start/Stop Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 5072)
Reallocated Sector Count: 100/50, Worst: 100 (Data = 52)
Seek Error Rate: 100/50, Worst: 100
Seek Time Performance: 100/50, Worst: 100
Power-On Hours/Cycle Count: 69/Always OK, Worst: 69 (Data = 12677)
Spin Retry Count: 201/30, Worst: 100
Power Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 4823)
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Temperature 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 43.0 C)
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Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100
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> 48-bit LBA: Not Suppported, Inactive
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Hi
I understand you very well and sometimes Im also a little bit confused because of the whole notations in the computer world.
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