Can't find cd drives after new install

mariahorn · 07-12-2008, 11:10 AM

I have a Sony Vaio with Windows Media Center OS. It came with two drives, a DVD-RW and a CD-RW (but will read dvds). I replaced the CD drive after it appeared to take a dump a few days ago. Since then, my computer won't recognize the drives. I have done the registry fix with filters and that hasn't worked. Nothing is showing on the device manager. When I search for new hardware, it find both drives, tells me it is done installing them but will not work until reboot. When I reboot, nothing is there once again.

Help???

New drive is Pioneer DVR-115DBK. I have tried downloading drivers for both drives but that hasn't helped anything.

mariahorn · 07-13-2008, 12:59 AM

Found the problem. I did not change the jumpers when I installed the new drive (didn't even know what they were until I ran across it somewhere on this site). Once I changed one of them to become a slave drive (they were both set as masters), the computer found and installed them with no problems. Hopefully this might help someone else if this happens to you.

07-12-2008, 11:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
mariahorn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: CA Posts: 16 OS: WinXPMediaCenter My System	Can't find cd drives after new install I have a Sony Vaio with Windows Media Center OS. It came with two drives, a DVD-RW and a CD-RW (but will read dvds). I replaced the CD drive after it appeared to take a dump a few days ago. Since then, my computer won't recognize the drives. I have done the registry fix with filters and that hasn't worked. Nothing is showing on the device manager. When I search for new hardware, it find both drives, tells me it is done installing them but will not work until reboot. When I reboot, nothing is there once again. Help??? New drive is Pioneer DVR-115DBK. I have tried downloading drivers for both drives but that hasn't helped anything.

07-13-2008, 12:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
mariahorn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: CA Posts: 16 OS: WinXPMediaCenter My System	Re: Can't find cd drives after new install Found the problem. I did not change the jumpers when I installed the new drive (didn't even know what they were until I ran across it somewhere on this site). Once I changed one of them to become a slave drive (they were both set as masters), the computer found and installed them with no problems. Hopefully this might help someone else if this happens to you.