Old XPS-R, Lost CD Drive and Tape Drive

The Colorado tape drive is attached to either the floppy diskette drive cable or
the IDE drive cable. Open up the case and find out. If the tape drive is
failed or failing and it is attached to the IDE cable, its failure could cause
the system to not recognize the IDE drive... Ben Myers

On 08 Jun 2005 08:52:11 -0400, wrote:


I have a very old Dimension XPS-R.

A couple of weeks ago it stopped finding the
Colorado tape drive, then a week later the
CD light started flashing, and does not show
up in the hardware profile (win 98).

At first rebooting would bring back the tape
drive, then turning off would bring it back.
Now nothing works.

I fear a warm up fault on the motherboard.

Do the CD drive and the tape drive share any
pathways?

Any ideas for trouble shooting?

Or just head to the scrap pile?

Thanks,


--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

Disconnect power and data cables from the tape drive, and set the jumper on the
CD-ROM drive to the master position. Attach the CD-ROM drive to the last
position (furthest away from motherboard connector) on the IDE ribbon cable, and
the CD-ROM drive should be good to go.

I never placed a lot of faith in the cheap Colorado tape drives, myself.

.... Ben Myers

On 09 Jun 2005 15:15:06 -0400, wrote:

Ben Myers writes:

Ben The Colorado tape drive is attached to either the floppy diskette drive cable or
Ben the IDE drive cable. Open up the case and find out. If the tape drive is
Ben failed or failing and it is attached to the IDE cable, its failure could cause
Ben the system to not recognize the IDE drive... Ben Myers

I believe the tape drive is ide.

Replace cost for the drive is more than the old
box is worth.

But it will be nice to get the cd drive back.

Thanks.

Ben On 08 Jun 2005 08:52:11 -0400, wrote:


I have a very old Dimension XPS-R.

A couple of weeks ago it stopped finding the
Colorado tape drive, then a week later the
CD light started flashing, and does not show
up in the hardware profile (win 98).

At first rebooting would bring back the tape
drive, then turning off would bring it back.
Now nothing works.

I fear a warm up fault on the motherboard.

Do the CD drive and the tape drive share any
pathways?

Any ideas for trouble shooting?

Or just head to the scrap pile?

Thanks,


--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)



--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

If the CD-ROM drive still does not work, replacements are cheap and easy to
install. CD-RW and various DVD combo devices have drive CD-ROM prices way
down... Ben Myers

On 10 Jun 2005 09:17:35 -0400, wrote:

Ben Myers writes:

Ben Disconnect power and data cables from the tape drive, and set the jumper on the
Ben CD-ROM drive to the master position. Attach the CD-ROM drive to the last
Ben position (furthest away from motherboard connector) on the IDE ribbon cable, and
Ben the CD-ROM drive should be good to go.

I'll give it a try this weekend.

Ben I never placed a lot of faith in the cheap Colorado tape drives, myself.

It was very reliable for 7 years, which is not bad for something
with moving parts.


--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)