dBel84 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I thought I would be smart and pick up a cheap dvd burner for my asus I have a usb - ide (pata/sata) cable which works perfectly for any drive I have tried it on but for some reason I can't get the dvd to work. The burner is a samsung SH-S222L lightscribe and is supposed to be PATA/IDE . I set it to slave but have tried all other options when that failed. any help appreciated..dB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclragnarok Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Not enough power maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dBel84 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 the dvd has an external 12V/5V power supply - it seems to spin etc when not connected , just shuts down when i plug in the ide cable ?? ..dB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclragnarok Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Oh. I thought that maybe you were trying to power it off USB. Assuming the drive works elsewhere, I have no idea why it wouldn't work with the adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Sounds like they're not compatible. Try a cheap PATA/IDE card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dBel84 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 this is what I am thinking, just not sure why. it is for a netbook so pci card will unfortunately not do the trick. thinking I will just cut my losses and get rid of it. Mostly wanted it to play with and burn selection discs for the car and family picture dvd's for the grandfolk ..dB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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