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New DVD Burners not showing up in MY COMPUTER. HELP!!!

rcook99

New Member
I just bought the drives listed below for my system. I shut it down installed the new DVD Drives with SATA cables and they don't open or show up on my system. Any help is appreciated.

[h=1]Optiarc SATA DVD RW Burner Drive with DVD+R DL Overburn up to 8.7GB, Black (5280S-CB-PLUS)[/h]
Thanks,
 

rcook99

New Member
I went to bios and it only shows the 2 hard drives in my system

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OldPaint

New Member
and we all know ...........
what OS your using
32 bit or 64 bit
so maybe we might be able to help....
 

rcook99

New Member
OK I think I found the problem. I assumed you only needed the SATA cable but after doing some more research I am pretty sure I need a SATA power cable. Am I correct in thinking this? :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 

rcook99

New Member
Amazing how things work when they are hooked up correctly. Lololol

Thanks for the help!

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