Installing a new DVD drive having a problem

NeVeR

My DVD drive quit on me and had to get a new one,

I installed it as they said,, but it wont work, and it's knocked my other driver out aswell.

When i start the computer up.. while it's starting i can press the Eject button on the new driver and it will work, open and close no problem, but when it gets to a point in the start it it will go dead, and not work from then on, but if i restart and press eject in teh strat up it will eject and close no pronlem on seem to happen when windows is started. (i'm running XP home)

I've tried to install new hardware from the control panel. but it doesnt find it,

Neither of the driver are in my device manager,

any ideas???

none of them are working,

Just to add the computer came with 2 drives, 1 CD R and 1 DVD drive.

The DVD one broken and as you read above i got new one, the other drive the CD R one stll has power to it, it wil open and close , but nothing else..

NeVeR

i switched the drives around so the new one is at the bottom and it worked.

if i get any more problems i'll post.

beller b

I presume the jumpers are set correctly...Maybe when you switched them you tightened a power cable. Anyway hope it stays fine for you

Explosive_Cornflake

I'd imagine your old one your still using was configured as master or slave, and the new one was on cable select, so when your swapped them around it picked the other one.
Ah, you know what i mean.