Guest budu Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Hi, I have a 6 months old computer, and my optical drive disappeared at least 5 times since then, it is very annoying. Only rebooting can fix the problem, else the drive cannot be found either in the computer manager or explorer. No warning or error messages are shown in the event viewer. I extensively tried all suggested solution found on the internet to no avail. Most of them does not even apply to my situation anyway. I never installed any burning program or something that could affect the optical drive, there's no lowerFilter or higherFilter registry key to be found anywhere. This machine is super clean, the cleanest Windows installation I ever had. It's running XP SP3 and have a PIONEER DVR-115D drive plugged using SATA cable, my mobo is a Gygabyte S-series GA-G33M-S2L with ICH9. AHCI is disabled, because Windows doesn't even boot if it's enabled! That's the only problem I ever had with this machine. Can someone help me. P.S.: [rant]After coming back to Windows a year and a half ago, I really wished things were better than in the bad old days of 98SE/Me/ 2000. Yes, stability has improved tremendously (and we can now copy large file, yeah!!!), but I feel as "not in control" of my operating system as before. I like being able to fix things myself, but the horrible MS knowledge base is still the same maddening labyrinth that it was back in the days. It's just got worst as half the links you can find are pointing to "Page not found".[/rant]
Guest R. McCarty Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Re: intermittent disappearing optical drive SATA cables are notorious for connection issues. I'd recommend you buy a "90-Degree Angle" cable that allows the connection to the drive to remain snug. There are also SATA cables with clips that can help to keep a connection from slipping. Also all Optical drives have Firmware flash updates to address issues and make improvements. I'd check your vendor's website and see if any new/later version Flash modules are available for your unit. "budu" <nbuduroi@gmail.com> wrote in message news:0f5a0952-0e38-401f-a1bb-598bfe1efc1c@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > Hi, I have a 6 months old computer, and my optical drive disappeared > at least 5 times since then, it is very annoying. Only rebooting can > fix the problem, else the drive cannot be found either in the computer > manager or explorer. No warning or error messages are shown in the > event viewer. I extensively tried all suggested solution found on the > internet to no avail. Most of them does not even apply to my situation > anyway. I never installed any burning program or something that could > affect the optical drive, there's no lowerFilter or higherFilter > registry key to be found anywhere. This machine is super clean, the > cleanest Windows installation I ever had. It's running XP SP3 and have > a PIONEER DVR-115D drive plugged using SATA cable, my mobo is a > Gygabyte S-series GA-G33M-S2L with ICH9. AHCI is disabled, because > Windows doesn't even boot if it's enabled! That's the only problem I > ever had with this machine. > > Can someone help me. > > P.S.: [rant]After coming back to Windows a year and a half ago, I > really wished things were better than in the bad old days of 98SE/Me/ > 2000. Yes, stability has improved tremendously (and we can now copy > large file, yeah!!!), but I feel as "not in control" of my operating > system as before. I like being able to fix things myself, but the > horrible MS knowledge base is still the same maddening labyrinth that > it was back in the days. It's just got worst as half the links you can > find are pointing to "Page not found".[/rant]
Guest Shaun Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Re: intermittent disappearing optical drive The disappearance could be an optical illusion ; - ) "budu" <nbuduroi@gmail.com> wrote in message news:0f5a0952-0e38-401f-a1bb-598bfe1efc1c@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > Hi, I have a 6 months old computer, and my optical drive disappeared > at least 5 times since then, it is very annoying. Only rebooting can > fix the problem, else the drive cannot be found either in the computer > manager or explorer. No warning or error messages are shown in the > event viewer. I extensively tried all suggested solution found on the > internet to no avail. Most of them does not even apply to my situation > anyway. I never installed any burning program or something that could > affect the optical drive, there's no lowerFilter or higherFilter > registry key to be found anywhere. This machine is super clean, the > cleanest Windows installation I ever had. It's running XP SP3 and have > a PIONEER DVR-115D drive plugged using SATA cable, my mobo is a > Gygabyte S-series GA-G33M-S2L with ICH9. AHCI is disabled, because > Windows doesn't even boot if it's enabled! That's the only problem I > ever had with this machine. > > Can someone help me. > > P.S.: [rant]After coming back to Windows a year and a half ago, I > really wished things were better than in the bad old days of 98SE/Me/ > 2000. Yes, stability has improved tremendously (and we can now copy > large file, yeah!!!), but I feel as "not in control" of my operating > system as before. I like being able to fix things myself, but the > horrible MS knowledge base is still the same maddening labyrinth that > it was back in the days. It's just got worst as half the links you can > find are pointing to "Page not found".[/rant]
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