Desktop Diagnostic Problem 12-12-04 I need help!!! I have recently upgraded my old desktop. Just installed a new motherboard, CPU etc: I’m using Win XP-Pro and Windows Office 2000 plus many other programs. Two 40Gb HD, DVD-Rom, CD-Rom and a floppy. It will take at lease two pages to detail what I have done so I will not list them here. But if any body feels that they can help with the following problem please let me know and I will email all the details. Device manager lists all 5 drives and states that they are working properly. I have went to several websites, MSIcomputer.com, Gigibyte.com, LITEON.com, PCClub.com, talked to my local computer tech. To no avail. And other websites searching their respective Q&A sites and have found no answer to my problem Problem: When I load windows and go to “AMBIOS Setup – Standard CMOS Setup screen”; It shows that all five (5) drives are recognized. Pri-Mstr. 40GB HD. Pri-Slave, DVD drive, Sec-Mstr 40GB HD, Sec-Slave CD-Rom, and a Floppy drive. (Changing positions of the drives on the IDE cables makes no difference.) However when I go to My computer screen the system will not recognize or read either of the non-hard drive drives. It will read both of the hard drives, Drives C & D. LOW & BEHOLD !!!!! By chance I loaded two data CD’s into both CD drives prior to loading windows. My computer would then read the CD’s with no problem. If I changed CD’s while windows was still loaded then my computer would NOT read or recognize that disks were installed. Nor will my computer read a Floppy disk. The floppy drive is new. IF Anybody has had a similar problem or can help please contact me via email and I will be glad to send you all the details. alder343@verizon.net Bob Alderman
