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Strange DVD problem on W7 PCs
I have just bought a second hand replacement PC for my son with good scpecs and a wiped and freshly installed W7 home premium 64 bit OS. The seller said the DVD RW was working and is being recognized by the BIOS but W7 does not address it properly.
It is an Optiarc DVD RW Ad-5260s. It appears with a yellow triangle and a code28 in Device manager.
No problem ....
I just swap it for one in my own PC which is a Phillips DROM 6316 which has always been working fine was recognized by my OS - W7 ultimate 64 bit.
At first the W7home premium DID read the DVDs but then it marked it in the same way as the Optiarc with a yellow triangle and a code 28.
The optiarc however is recognized without problem in my PC. The one big difference - if I remember correctly - is the the W7 ultimate names it SCSI. Even forcing the W7 ultimate OS to look for a new driver does not cause a problem.
Why should W7 home premium have problems recognizing DVD drives. The driver files are present on the W7 home premium PC.