Element - another user had the DVD disappear on him when he reverted to default settings, and it changed the SATA mode from AHCI to IDE - he just figured this out, b/c he went tooling around in the BIOS and saw that it had been changed - so he changed it back - and the DVD is showing up in Windows again.
See DVD Drive not recognized
Perhaps the same happened with you?
I tried the above and it still does not work. Here is a link to my motherboard Icrontic » HTPC The Home Entertainment PC – Part 2 Motherboards
Maybe that can help you guys figure out the problem.
Holy S**T I figured it out myself!!!!!!!! The jumpers on the dvd drive and the hard drive where not in the right places lmao. I would have bought a new dvd drive on monday!
Im so happy now!!!!!!
Holy Moly, gads and googles,
Element 7 figured it out. That is Terriffic. by READING. the manuals.
Very good Element 7. thanks for the report back.
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