Yes, position on the cable matters.  However, just for fun take a look at the user's manual for your burner to see if they recommend that it be the master.  I have a Plextor 4X8X32, and they recommend exactly that.  Try reversing the connections to see if the DVD shows up as a slave with the burner as the master. Don't forget to change the jumper settings and put the master burner at the end of the cable.




><< What I would try is going to device manager and removing the DVD player.
>On a restart, follow the installation instructions to see if you can get
>Windows to do it right this time.
>
>
> >I have a strange situation that I thought I'd run by the experts here.  The
> >box is an AMD 900Mhz w/512 Ram 20GB HD running Win98se.  It has a Yamaha 16x
> >cd burner, DVD player, and floppy drive.  In My Computer all drives are
> >listed: A,C,D,E.  However,  when I push the eject button for the DVD player
> >it doesn't respond.  There are no cd's or dvd's in the player.  So I try the
> >eject option for the dvd player (drive D) under properties for that drive
>and
> >the cd burner ejects.  But then I go to the cd burner drive (drive E) and
>hit
> >eject and the cd burner ejects.  So basically, the eject command for the two
> >drives only activates eject on the cd burner.  Additionally, when I tried to
> >play a dvd (earlier, before I couldn't get it to open) it would freeze up.
> >
> >Do you think the dvd player bit the dust?  How do I know it's that and not
> >just messed up in software somewhere?
>  >>
>
>



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