DVD-rom/burner

bigbobbarker

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I have to DVD drives in my PC they are both lite-on the burner is a LH-20A1P set to slave the other one is a basic rom drive set to master it is a SOHD-167T i am running w7 x64 yes i have the connectors in the right slot when I open the media center to play a DVD it says "Windows Media Center cannot detect a DVD in the drive please insert a DVD in the Drive" are my drive not compatible? they dont even show up in my computer thanks in advance
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compaq Presario CQ50215nr Laptop
OS
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
CPU
2.0 AMD Athlon X2 64-bit
Memory
4 Gigs
Graphics Card(s)
nvidia 8200M
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
160G SATA Western Digital
1TB HP HDD
I would reboot go into bios and see if drives show up, if they dont then they may not be connected properly, have they ever worked in this machine?

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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pauly Special
OS
Win7 Ultimate X64
CPU
Intel i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z77X-DS3H
Memory
8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo SSD (OS)
1TB Spinner (Data)
PSU
800W Arctic
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
3x120mm Fans
Keyboard
MS Wireless
Mouse
MS Wireless
Internet Speed
20M
I would reboot go into bios and see if drives show up, if they dont then they may not be connected properly, have they ever worked in this machine?

Please fill in your system specs in UserCP, help us to help you:)
they worked when i had xp

p4 HT 3.6
nvidia 6600
asus p5gd2x motherboard
w7 64-bit
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compaq Presario CQ50215nr Laptop
OS
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
CPU
2.0 AMD Athlon X2 64-bit
Memory
4 Gigs
Graphics Card(s)
nvidia 8200M
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
160G SATA Western Digital
1TB HP HDD

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pauly Special
OS
Win7 Ultimate X64
CPU
Intel i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z77X-DS3H
Memory
8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo SSD (OS)
1TB Spinner (Data)
PSU
800W Arctic
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
3x120mm Fans
Keyboard
MS Wireless
Mouse
MS Wireless
Internet Speed
20M
So are drives showing in bios
Are they visible in device manager
Are they visible in My Computer

System specs go here
Windows 7 Forums

im extremely rusty when it comes to my PC know how
it has been quite some time since i have taken a look in my BIOS but if the primary master & slave are supposed to be myrom drives than it says they are not compatible
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compaq Presario CQ50215nr Laptop
OS
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
CPU
2.0 AMD Athlon X2 64-bit
Memory
4 Gigs
Graphics Card(s)
nvidia 8200M
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
160G SATA Western Digital
1TB HP HDD
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