dvd-blueray righter/hard drive dissappear from system

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my dvd / blueray writers dissappear from my system after the computer has been on for a while
or i startup and try to burn a dvd/blueray...now here is a hint i recently removed the dvd and installed a Hot Swap drivebay..that hard drive dissappears when when the blue ray dissappears... thaey ar on the same sata chipset the mobo has 6 ea 6gb/s sata connectors and 2 3gb/s sata connectors..the blue ray and the hotswap bay are on the 3gb/s chipset...the mobo has the latest bios and it makes no differance what bios version is installed and when i reboot the computer they are back...
here are the stats:

mobo-gigabyte 990fxa-ud7 am3+
16 gb ddr3 1600 mem
amd fx-8150 8 core cpu
ati 6950 video card 2 gb
1200 watt p/s
7 2tb hdd

any help would be appreaciated as i am tired of makeing coasters
thanks gene
 
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sounds like a power issue. try removing one of them and see if the other keeps disappearing.

Also, could you please explain why you wrote "windows 7 beta" as your OS?
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
Motherboard
ASUS M4A78
Memory
5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer.
Sound Card
Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Hard Drives
(1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
PSU
whatever, around 450w
Case
Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling
CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Keyboard
Microsoft, PS/2, white.
Mouse
Optical, logitec.
Internet Speed
effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus
Avira, free edition.
Browser
Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P
Other Info
Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
sounds like a power issue. try removing one of them and see if the other keeps disappearing.

Also, could you please explain why you wrote "windows 7 beta" as your OS?

that was a long time ago and i have not had a chance to change it and new1200 watt p/s
new dvd and blue ray new hdd its not a power issue unless its a deep power management issue and it
happens on multiple computers mutiple os's xp w7 w8... it happens every time i use dvd/blueray writeing software the drives return after i reboot and you can read any cd/dvd and run installes from them but not write if you do windows goes " DING " and they are gone...reboot they are back... every once in a while i can get away with making a dvd...its like there is a program monotoring the use of the dvd writer and if it detects the dvd writeing it shuts the dvd from the system resulting in coasters...it's driving me crazy...
 

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