From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   >> Speaking of, I may have to hit you up for some help on my PC's new   
   >> motherboard. For some reason, even though it's the same board, it   
   >> doesn't see my two optical drives. I need to go back and make sure those   
   >> ribbon cables are plugged in well...   
   >   
   > You sure it's hardware and not software? I just got done helping a friend   
   > who 'lost' his two CD drivers on his Windows XP machine. Turns out Napster   
   > has custom CD drivers that don't get along with Service Pack 2, and we had   
   > to decide to uninstall one or the other. We chose to dump Napster. :)   
      
   Pretty sure. Basically what had happened was that I got one of those   
   Dell boards that had the bad capacitors on it and the PC kept shutting   
   down after around 2 minutes(this is after I've had the machine for 3 or   
   4 years now). I basically got another motherboard(the same model) and   
   just swapped them out. The HDs have been untouched, and when Windows   
   comes up it can't tell the difference between the old MB and the new   
   one...it just simply can't see the optical drives. Even the MB's bios   
   says they are "unidentified". Going to work with it somemore tonight,   
   see how it goes. At least it's back up and running though...and I didn't   
   have to start over with Windows. ;)   
      
   > -KKC, who should know better than to browse online shops when broke.   
      
   ...but that's when all the best deals show up! Happens every damn time   
   too. I was between jobs when I came across RockMan MegaWorld(Mega Man:   
   The Wily Wars) on Genesis for $100. After years of looking for it, I   
   *had* to get it, job or no.... ;)   
      
   Bel   
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