What does 'Sec Master Drive - ATAPI Incompatible' mean?

[MattSimpson]

I've had a go at installing a new CD RW ROM drive to replace my normal CD ROM drive and I get this message when booting up. What does it mean and how do I rectify it?

Cheers,
Matt

[tiberiuscan]

Sec Master Drive (secondary master drive) your new burner is not ATAPI compatible. Atapi stands for Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. The ATAPI was an extension of the Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interface that supports CD-ROM and tape drives. CD-ROM drives also come in SCSI (Small Computer System Interface. It's possible you have purchased a SCSI Burner.

[Ridgerunr]

Welcome to VDR Matt... Can you give a' bit more info on your setup?

i.e. What channel/connector is the CD-RW using and do you have the jumpers set properly? Most mobo's,the hard drive should be mastered on the primary connector(and connected to the "end" connector of ribbon cable) CD-ROM/RW's should be connected to secondary IDE channel/connector. In any case,be sure your jumpers are correct and check in bios to be sure your drives are recognized properly...

[Ridgerunr]

Too many typing at once. Tiberiuscan probably has it. You may have to purchase an add-on card if the drive is SCSI(scuzzy) to get it recognized correctly...

[putasolutions]

It could just be CMOS playing the fool.

I occasionally get this message at boot up up, after a quick reset everything is back to normal

See this for a possible solution

[DrMDJ]

Since you wouldn't be able to attach a scsi drive to an ide cable (different connectors), it seems likely this is an ide drive. As putasolutions suggested check the bios settings for the drive (set it to either Auto, None or CDROM). Also, double check the ide cable connections. A poor conenction can cause that message.

[MattSimpson]

Thanks for your help guys, this is all sorted now.

I checked that the CD drive was physically installed correctly. It seemed to be so I went into CMOS within BIOS settings and used the auto-detect functionality on the Secondry Master Drive, which became uninstalled. I used auto-detect on Secondry Slave and it became CD-ROM. I saved the settings and rebooted and now everything works correctly!

I've learned loads of new PC skills resolving this issue and the problem I had with new sound and graphics cards!

Cheers,
Matt