DVD drive in old computer! WTH is going on!

mycompsucks9898

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Ok my friend gave me this DVD drive (only reads DVD) that was off his sony VAIO. I just wanted to see if it would work. I have a IBM Aptiva 2193. I installed it under the CD drive, i plugged in the second data ribbon thing and the other power 4 prong plug. I booted up my computer and i get the IBM screen saying:

Primary Master: TWEAC......(forget)
something slave: none
Secondary Master: CD....(i forget)
somthing slave: none

I then go to my computer and its only the TWEAC Cd drive thats there, not the DVD drive.the jumpers are a MASTER on both drives. Should I change the DVd to Slave or the other one?
 
yup that did the trick. I just wanted to see if my computer would reconize a DVd drive. My friend gave it to me because it doesint work anymore. It wont read a CD or DVD. I put a disk in a makes a little noise and it like ignores the disk i guess.

Any help with that?
 
They are cheap enough to replace can pick one up for £10 - £20 for a RW also!
 
i am looking at a new dvd rw for £18 which is $41 , that is canadian dollars btw
 
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