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Trouble Installing DVD RW Drive.

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/trouble-installing-dvd-rw-drive.144489/

T
Tech_Wiz Original post #1
Aug 1, 2011 at 8:31 AM
Alright

Mu Config

Gigabyte GA-880G USB 3 Rev 3.1 Mobo
Phenom X4 955 BE (No OC)
2x2 B RIPJAWS RAM
VX450
GTS 250

Problem:
1. Mobo has 5 SATA slots and not support any IDE Drives... 2 Slots are taken by 2 SATA HDDs. Rest 3 are covered by huge GFX Card.

2. Before Upgrade I forgot that my DVD RW was a IDE :mad: now I cant connect it to mobo.

3. Only Slots available on Mobo are 1 PCIE X1 (Small One) & 1 Stanadard PCI Slot which is very close to gfx. :(

Due to mobo and processor change i have to reinstall windows 7 now as earlier install wont boot of new chipset and Proccy (As per google and also I tried but it wont even boot to safe mode) and as there is no DVD RW I cant put that damn DVD in for sarting install :mad:

Any help will be greatly appreciated as comp is offline now for 2 days :-x
mithun_mrg
Aug 1, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Get a sata 2 pata converter or make a bootable win7 usb drive

Install Windows 7 Or Windows 8 From USB Drive/Pen Drive
T
Aug 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Well I just backed up data and formatted HDD & Changed the DvD to Sata & reinstalled Win 7 64 Bit. Now all is working fine.