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April 26th, 2009 04:00

The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0

I have installed a DVD/CDRW (Sony NEC Optiarc CRX890A - CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive) on my Dell PowerEdge 2650 running W2K8. I believe this drive should be compatible with PE2650.

On startup the server hangs for 30 minutes and comes up with:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0

If I disable the IDEPort it reboots in 5 minutes.

Any ideas what I can do to fix the problem?

Any better suggestions on a CDRW/DVD drive that will work in this server?

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April 26th, 2009 05:00

Hi, Runboy:

Did you set the jumper to cable select? That's the first thing I always ask when someone reports an IDE drive installation problem.

Please post back and let me know.

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