Check your Board.
There should be an IDE 1 and an IDE 2 Slot.
the reason i asked if you had any other IDE drive installed was just because of that reason...
Even thou the Mobo shouldnt get confused so easely by having an optical
divre crossed with a storage device , it should work ''ok'' if you have your
jumpers set up the right way. But its not adviseable , due to the fact that
some detection issues that may occur.
Usually ''and i dont really know why'' , Mobo's tend to respond quicker if you have a hard drive marked as ''CS''.
But you Should try and follow cynders resumed instrucctions ,
get an extra cable and use it to connect your storage drives only.
Use the other one for Optical and Other IDE devices.
:suspiciou ***also , wen you get the cables , connect the Drives
Into the IDE 1 port of your Mobo , and the optical devices , set them into
IDE 2. After that ... get into your Bios and set it for optimised defaults.
that should do the trick.........
Remember to give us a follow up wen you're done...
Good Luck Mate**:wave: **