can't find my two dvd drives???

monnema · 11-02-2005, 10:00 AM

hi there,

i got a dvd-rom and a dvd-rewriter which for some reason have disapeared
they r not in 'my computer' or in the device manager list, i went into the bios and both drives r there, i also selected both as 1st boot device and both work at bootup???

please help!!!

dai · 11-02-2005, 10:06 AM

uninstall them in the device manager and reboot,when windows finishes rebooting check if you can then see them

monnema · 11-02-2005, 10:09 AM

thats the problem, they r not in the device manager anymore???

dai · 11-02-2005, 10:15 AM

check the jumpers are correct
try a new eide cable
if no good
disconnect the drives and boot up the computer
shut down the computer
reconnect the drives and boot up

monnema · 11-03-2005, 01:24 AM

ok, first i had another look in the bios, my slave drive (dvd-rom) was not detected so i took it out and replaced it with another drive (i had to use the same ide cable but im gonna go and get a new one today). booted back up and now its not detectin any of the drives, so there must be something wrong with the cable!!! im gonna uninstall the secondary ide channel just to see whats gonna happen???

yeah, no joy with that im off to the shop

monnema · 11-03-2005, 02:33 AM

nevermind, i forgot to bridge the new drive into slave after ive done it, both drives were back

obviously my old dvd-rom is past its time, i also noticed that the bootup is much faster now

sorry to waste a thread on this

**please** · 11-03-2005, 07:59 AM

@ monnema
Thanks for posting back with your solution. No thread is wasted if there is a problem and a solution as others may have a similar situation.

monnema · 11-03-2005, 09:44 AM

ha,
slave drive is not detected again,
i knew i should ve changed the cable
to late now hav to wait till 2morrow

monnema · 11-04-2005, 10:23 AM

ok, thats it it was the cable

both drives back in full force

11-02-2005, 10:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	can't find my two dvd drives??? hi there, i got a dvd-rom and a dvd-rewriter which for some reason have disapeared they r not in 'my computer' or in the device manager list, i went into the bios and both drives r there, i also selected both as 1st boot device and both work at bootup??? please help!!! __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115

11-02-2005, 10:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	uninstall them in the device manager and reboot,when windows finishes rebooting check if you can then see them __________________

11-02-2005, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	thats the problem, they r not in the device manager anymore??? __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115

11-02-2005, 10:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	check the jumpers are correct try a new eide cable if no good disconnect the drives and boot up the computer shut down the computer reconnect the drives and boot up __________________

11-03-2005, 01:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	ok, first i had another look in the bios, my slave drive (dvd-rom) was not detected so i took it out and replaced it with another drive (i had to use the same ide cable but im gonna go and get a new one today). booted back up and now its not detectin any of the drives, so there must be something wrong with the cable!!! im gonna uninstall the secondary ide channel just to see whats gonna happen??? yeah, no joy with that im off to the shop __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115 Last edited by monnema; 11-03-2005 at 01:37 AM.

11-03-2005, 02:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	nevermind, i forgot to bridge the new drive into slave after ive done it, both drives were back obviously my old dvd-rom is past its time, i also noticed that the bootup is much faster now sorry to waste a thread on this __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115

11-03-2005, 07:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
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11-03-2005, 09:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	ha, slave drive is not detected again, i knew i should ve changed the cable to late now hav to wait till 2morrow __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115

11-04-2005, 10:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
monnema Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51 OS: XP sp2	ok, thats it it was the cable both drives back in full force __________________ Athlon64 3500+ Win XP Pro Sp2 Asus 8AV Deluxe 1GB Corsair TwinX LG GSA-4120b Firmware A115