After replacing the DVD drive and switching on I get an IDE ERROR message before Windows XP starts
I have a Toshiba Satellite A50 and want to replace the standard SD-C2612 DVD drive for an NEC ND-6750A DVD Writer but after replacing the drive and switching on I get an IDE ERROR message before windows XP starts and the drive is not recognized. I have tried detecting the drive using the hardware wizard but it won’t detect it can you please help.
I think it happens because the new drive has a different configuration then the old drive. Some laptops require a drive that works in cable select mode (CSEL) – the laptop determines with drive is a slave and witch is a master by its position on IDE channel. Some laptops require a drive that works in master/slave mode – the drive is set as a master or as a slave through the firmware flash. If the optical drive is not configured properly, you’ll get an IDE ERROR on startup. Sometimes you can find the information about optical drive configuration on the top of the drive. It would be CSEL for cable select and M/S for master/slave. Unfortunately, I don’t know what drive configuration is required for Toshiba Satellite A50.
December 12th, 2009 at 2:25 am
I bought an Sony Optiarc AD-7593A for my Satellite A50 (this drive seams to be identical with NEC and Samsung AD-7593A). I had the same Error message. Fortunatly I didn’t have to solder, because Sony has a master/slave tool for the AD-7593A. You can download it here:
http://www.sony-optiarc.eu/
After I had switched the drive to master mode, the drive could be recognised by the BIOS and by WindowsXP. But first I had to find a fried, who’s notebook accepted drives running on CSEL mode.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Finally, almost after one year I solved the problem with IDE error on boot-up. The problem indeed can be solved by soldering together (soldering short) the pins 47 and 45 of the DVD rom connector. However the wire in the pins was so narrow and minute, that I could not solder them. I bought conducting silver (it’s sort of a liquid varnish with tiny silver particles) and applied it on pins 47 and 45 to make good continuity between them. It works. No IDE errors whatsoever, my laptop recognized the new dvd rom.
March 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I have a Sony Vaio. It will power up and run okay while using the battery or the power cord, but if I plug in the power cord when the battery is in the laptop will shut down in about 5 to 10 minutes. Any help would be appreciated.
February 13th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I have a toshiba 1805-s253, the original dvd drive does not read disks, i got a new teac e28 drive, thats the same model as the faulty one, but my laptop displays the ide #1 error, and does not boot in to windows, when i insert the faulty one, the laptop boots normally. Any sugestions?, Do i have to flash the bios?, thanks.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:24 am
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/27-248-004-04.JPG see the above about the original issue,
the far left pins set the master or slave settings,,,
but this is normaly done via what ever plugs into it,
it can be forced by adding an insulator (slave)
a very thin piece of wire (master) accross the pins ,
or via a “flash” or firmware upgrade,
December 9th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Partha,
This statement is not 100% correct.
First of all, you should test your laptop with an external monitor. If both internal and external screen display same vertical lines, most likely this problem is related to the motherboard (video card)
But if external video works fine and vertical lines appear only on the internal LCD screen, there could be a problem with the screen.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
vertical lines running through the toshiba splash screen is a problem related to mother board. it should be repaired to solve this.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
my brother was playing around with the settings on my laptop and the screen went blank and everytime i turn it on you can here windows load in the background but nothing comes up on the screen. he said the last thing he was doing was changing some settings on the graphics card i believe he may have turned it off. is there anyway to turn it back on? you can still wasch dvd’s on it if that helps any?
May 21st, 2008 at 12:47 am
I think this is a problem a lot of people are having. Ive got quite used to going to standby and restarting to get the machine to see the drive. If anyone would explain in terms understandable to joe public that would be great!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:46 am
I think this is a problem a lot of people are having. Ive got quite used to going to standby and restarting to get the machine to see the drive. If anyone would explain in terms understandable in joe public that would be great!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:46 am
I think this is a problem a lot of people are having. Ive got quite used to going to standby and restarting to get the machine to see the drive. If anyone would explain in terms unstandable in joe public that would be great!
May 20th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I have a Satellite A 45-S250, replaced the native dead Pioneer DVD-rom with Lite on DS-8A1P and the same problem as most of you guys have -IDE error during boot up. Then I placed the laptop in stand by mode, inserted the new DVD ROM and woke the laptop up. Windows recognized the DVD rom. It plays music, does everything, but until next reboot. I do not quite understand the last instruction “then update IDE to Reverse ATA”. Can anybody explain how to do it?
April 12th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Sorry for my previous comment.
Hybernate will not work. Computer will go through boot process after hybernation, and it will report IDE ERROR for sure.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
[...] From somebody’s comment and also reminder to me. In my opinion, this should be the last option. The idea is to avoid DVD-ROM detection during boot time and let Windows OS recognize the drive online. Warning: short circuit might be happened. [...]
April 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
hello st,
you’re right for your solution.
i also thought about that when I replaced my drive. it was my last choice.
i chose to play safe and fortunately i have another notebook (Samsung Q35), so i tried to solve problem by setting ide via Samsung notebook. it’s not too easy, too, i had to change Samsung harddisk from Master to Slave in order to be able to boot laptop.
Minor issue came after another. I was lucky I didn’t do something wrong with Samsung (it was still new at that time). #:)
I might make something wrong with two notebooks at once!
And after finishing, I forgot to write it down. Thanks for reminding! I will add it to my website.
- boot without dvd-rom attached.
- standby windows *
- attach dvd-rom
- if lucky, windows will recognize -> then update IDE to Reverse ATA
*second alternative: try hybernate, instead of standby. it is safer if it works with hybernate. remember to do as following for safer hybernation (standby doesn’t need this): hybernate, unplug electricity, unplug battery, attach dvd-rom, plug battery, plug electricity, turn on.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
[...] If you install a wrong optical drive, you can get IDE error message after the replacement. [...]
April 7th, 2008 at 10:15 am
IDE to Reverse ATA and that’s all.
how??
April 7th, 2008 at 12:18 am
hi,
have a look at this disassembly guide for Satellite A50.
I replaced my dvd on a toshiba A50 laptop and while booting i got: “ERROR IDE #1″.
I was lucky and found a workaround without having to plug the dvd on a desktop, use adaptors etc…In windows the laptop entered the stand by mode and while resuming windows the dvd got powered and windows recognized it and it was working fine. I then changed the IDE to Reverse ATA and that’s all.
I am not sure this will work for everyone…
good luck
March 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am
had same problem had to get soldering iron out as in bottom of this page it changed my CSEL drive to a M/S one worked a treat bit scarey doin it tho but no choice really. cheers