Run the Hard drive using one cable with duel main and slave capability and the CDROM drive give it its own cable ising the second IDE cable as the master for the CDROM drive. Isolate them. Making sure one is master and set to accept a slave drive using one cable for both hard drives and one for the CDROM drive. Try that and see if this assisted you. Do not forget to vote John
Answers & Comments
Run the Hard drive using one cable with duel main and slave capability and the CDROM drive give it its own cable ising the second IDE cable as the master for the CDROM drive. Isolate them. Making sure one is master and set to accept a slave drive using one cable for both hard drives and one for the CDROM drive. Try that and see if this assisted you. Do not forget to vote John