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IDE (PATA) DVD drive not working
My LH-20A1H (ll0dh) dvd drive is not working in win7. It works fine in XP and ubuntu. However after the very first part of the windows 7 RTM install (both for 32 and 64 bit RTM versions..i tried both) it gets stuck at 0% of expanding files. So, in XP I copied win7 to a usb drive and installed it that way. But the dvd drive still isn't working.
It spins-up and the read light does not come on, and somehow with no read light, it will copy a few bits of data after a very very long time.. but nothing after that. Though if i eject the dvd, windows lets me know that it's missing it! SO if it knows its missing, why can't it read it?
This is what i have tested and found out:
I CAN do:
Audio CD's - Play, skip..etc
Video DVD - able to copy a copy to hdd
MP3 Data CD - was able to play mp3, was able to copy to hdd. However it took a few min before it started, and then the actual file transfer was fast. It started copying faster if an mp3 was bing played from it before i tried to copy.. weird? Afterwards playing mp3's from the cd is hit or miss.. it partialy works.
I CAN'T copy files from:
Microsoft Windows 7 - RTM, - it will copy a few small files and then, leaving the dvd spinning without copying anything else.
Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 - RTM - same as above.
It's almost seemes as if win7 is tring to buffer 100% before it does anything. Causing lengthy delays. And i did notice that playing an mp3 did not turn on t he read light of the dvd drive.
SOO Frustrating
win7 is installed on sata HDD with AHCI. Could it be that a mix of AHCI SATA drives with a PATA DVD is confusing the software??
I do have the latest chipset driver for the 975x, found it here