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Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:56 pm**

Hi guys
Heres a question for you, I was running an Optowrite DVD Rom/CD Writer Combo along side a Pioneer 104A DVD writer without any Problems,(I installed the Pioneer Myself so have some idea of how to set things up). The trouble started when I upgraded the Pioneer to a BCT 8x DVD writer. Windows recognised this and said that it was working properly. However when I tried to burn DVD`s this would not have it!!
I had this installed as the slave unit, I tried a test burn with Nero and had an error something like " Can`t communicate with Drive". I swaped this to Master and this was OK But The optowrite wasn`t recognised then.
So now I am just running the DVD Writer on it`s own , Any Ideas
Thanks for taking time to read this ,I Would like to use BOTH units!! :mad:

Cheers Pete

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:51 pm**

So basically you're saying that whichever drive you run as master is fine, but you can never use the slave, is this correct? When you changed the drives from master/slave, did you keep them on the same connector on the IDE cable?

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:25 am**

Yes Master and slave both ok until i switched from the pioneer to the BCT,
I just took one out and replaced it with the other....same leads,IDE etc
It`s got me baffled :shock:

Thanks Pete

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:20 am**

When the optiwrite is the slave, is it not recognised in the BIOS, windows and Nero?

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:50 pm**

I think so yes, I`ll plug this back in and get back to you :cool:

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