Help: i have a problem with my plextor 16/10/40A

[Wayniac]

Sorry I havn't got anything more substantial, but here's the recommended procedure for conneting cd-roms and hard drives:

IDE PORTS:

Primary: master = hard-drive
slave = not connected or usually your older, slower hard-drive

Secondary: master = cd-rom
slave = writer


So you'll be using two IDE cables - one for your hard drives and one for your cd-rom/writer.

I don't know wether using DAM-66/100 cables and IDE ports would affect the performance of your machine, but it's just a thought.

I guess yo probably know these settings, but at least we can rule this out from now on.

How about trying the drive in a friend's pc (ideally one with a writer)? If the drive fails again then could you take it back to the shop?

Shame this drive is playing you up, as you otherwise seem to have a pretty decent pc setup.

All the best.

~~Wayniac~~