DVD Drive

[Liamparker89]

Hi all,
im new to this forum, but not to windows,
my dvd drive will register in BIOS but not in windows, sometimes it will appear and then sometimes i will not?

anyone had this problem before?



thanks

 

[nate42nd]

I have heard of BIOS versions 4-5 years or older having a hard time picking up SATA DVD drives but not anything newer and even the older BIOS usually don't have a problem with IDE drives.

You might see if theres an update for your BIOS and see what interface your DVD drive is...SATA or IDE

EDIT" I misread you question. You're saying the BIOS always picks it up....but Windows "sometimes" does not....

You may want to go to "Disk Management" and see if it's set up right there.

 

[Liamparker89]

my drive is ide, i will look for a bios update

 

[nate42nd]

Is it showing in "Disk Management"? (Right click "my computer" and go to manage - then disk management.) Does it show up in there? How about "device manager" is there a DVD drive listed there?

 

[Liamparker89]

no nothing is in device manager or disk managment, and sorry i probs wrote it wrong i mean it always appears in bios and windows sometimes picks it up

 

[nate42nd]

Has this always been the case or has it been happening after upgrading to Windows 7?

Also, welcome to the forum! and please fill out your system specs

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/23726-how-system-specs.html

 

[Liamparker89]

hi i will fill those out now,
this has only become a problem since i upgraded to windows 7

 

[nate42nd]

Since it only happens "sometimes" I would first get into your case and check all power and data connections.

Since it only happens "sometimes" I would think a power supply, or cable problem also.

Think about installing the latest driver next time it shows up also.

I can't think of anything that would make it not show up sometimes but show up other times besides power or data connections.

 

[Qdos]

Is it a Sony or a TSST drive? Have a look around other similar threads...

 

[Liamparker89]

im going to change the ide data cables ill let you know

 

[Liamparker89]

hi guys,

ive changed the IDE cable, the DVD drive is appearing in bios and windows now, but i cannot burn a cd now ?
anyone have any ideas?

cheers

 

[nate42nd]

You're having a hard time with this drive. I would try another drive if you can. Even an older drive should tell you if you have a defective one there.

 

[Liamparker89]

hey ive tried another dvd drive and that dont work ether :-S

 

[Qdos]

A number of burners require to be made the Master device on an 80 strand (Ultra DMA) E-IDE cable, and must be the sole device on that cable, otherwise they won't function as fully as intended.

 

[Liamparker89]

this dvd drive has always worked like this tho, ever since i upgraded to windows 7 its not worked properly, it wont even read disks now, it just locks up my pc

 

[Qdos]

The only other thing you can try is upgrade the drives firmware if there's an available flash update for it - otherwise mothball it til' W7 SP1 arrives, in the hope Microsoft may have been kind enough to fix the issue - should it be within their remit...

 

[nate42nd]

hi guys,

ive changed the IDE cable, the DVD drive is appearing in bios and windows now, but i cannot burn a cd now ?
anyone have any ideas?

cheers

When you say you can't burn a CD.....can you play a CD or do anything else, is it functional in any way?