All I can think of would be to check the ribbon connections - maybe even throw in a new one.  Also, double check the jumpers.

Personally, I'd have the CDRW as master on the 2nd IDE, not slave.

Ian Porter
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  Subject: [PCBUILD] Dell XPS T450 Acer CD-RW Won't Pickup


  I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450, Pentium III 450 Mhz, with 256 MB ram and
  Windows ME that won't pickup the CD-RW; an Acer 10x4x32.  This CD-RW drive is on
  the secondary IDE connector slave; in the master is DVD drive.  The BIOS will
  not let me selected a secondary slave device, the DVD is shown and Device
  Manager shows a yellow caution on the second IDE controller.  I cannot install
  the Dell IDE drivers as I have on access to either CD drive.  I have enabled
  both IDE controllers in both Windows and the BIOS.  Any ideas will be much
  appreciated.

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