Guest Sandgroper Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Hi People I am running XP Pro on a P3 1Ghz machine and everything works good except for the combo CD/DVD drive. After boot up , I notice that my CD/DVD drive is not detected and I have to go into My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager and rescan my computer to get the CD/DVD drive to show up and be detected. After that , the drive works good and there is no problem with it at all. Does anybody know how to get the CD/DVD drive detected on boot up ? I have installed extra HDDs in my machine and the setup is as follows Primary IDE Master 40 Gb Seagate Slave 40 Gb Seagate Secondary IDE Master Lite-on SOHC 5236V combo CD/DVD ( set as master ) Slave 40 Gb Seagate ( set as slave ) I have tried to update the drivers and went through the troubleshooting procedure , but I can't seem to get the CD/DVD drive detected in XP after boot up. The drive is detected by the BIOS during boot up , but not in XP Previously I had a CD burner installed and set as master on the Secondary IDE channel and that was detected after boot up in both the BIOS and XP. Has anybody got any ideas of what could be wrong ? Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ True Multitasking is having three computers and a chair with wheels. Sandgroper ------------------------------------ Remove KNICKERS to Email steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au
Guest R. McCarty Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: CD/DVD Drive Not Detected Check both Controllers for the M/S taps and ensure that the one serving your optical drive is not set to "None". Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. Open the Primary & Secondary Controllers detail box and click the Advanced (TAB). You should see a box "Device Type" that indicates what is connected. *Some combinations of devices on the same controller channel will exhibit this type of behavior. You can test this by removing the Seagate drive and see if the Optical is properly detected by XP. "Sandgroper" <steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au> wrote in message news:uhEAgEC1HHA.5532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi People > > I am running XP Pro on a P3 1Ghz machine and everything works good except > for the combo CD/DVD drive. > After boot up , I notice that my CD/DVD drive is not detected and I have > to go into My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager and > rescan my computer to get the CD/DVD drive to show up and be detected. > After that , the drive works good and there is no problem with it at all. > > Does anybody know how to get the CD/DVD drive detected on boot up ? > > I have installed extra HDDs in my machine and the setup is as follows > Primary IDE > Master 40 Gb Seagate > Slave 40 Gb Seagate > > Secondary IDE > Master Lite-on SOHC 5236V combo CD/DVD ( set as master ) > Slave 40 Gb Seagate ( set as slave ) > > I have tried to update the drivers and went through the troubleshooting > procedure , but I can't seem to get the CD/DVD drive detected in XP after > boot up. > The drive is detected by the BIOS during boot up , but not in XP > > Previously I had a CD burner installed and set as master on the Secondary > IDE channel and that was detected after boot up in both the BIOS and XP. > > Has anybody got any ideas of what could be wrong ? > > Thanks. > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > True Multitasking is having three computers and a chair with wheels. > > > Sandgroper > ------------------------------------ > Remove KNICKERS to Email > steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au > > > >
Guest Sandgroper Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: CD/DVD Drive Not Detected "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%231NxZIC1HHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Check both Controllers for the M/S taps and ensure that the one > serving your optical drive is not set to "None". Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. Open the Primary & Secondary > Controllers detail box and click the Advanced (TAB). You should > see a box "Device Type" that indicates what is connected. > *Some combinations of devices on the same controller channel > will exhibit this type of behavior. You can test this by removing > the Seagate drive and see if the Optical is properly detected by > XP. > Thanks for the reply. When I checked out the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers , straight after boot up when the CD/DVD drive was not detected is showed : Device 0 - Device Type = Auto Detect Device 1 - Device Type = Auto Detect - greyed out After a rescan of System Device 0 - Device Type = Auto Detect greyed out Device 1 - Device Type = Auto Detect - greyed out It looks like I maybe need to check the jumper settings on the CD/DVD drive. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ True Multitasking is having three computers and a chair with wheels. Sandgroper ------------------------------------ Remove KNICKERS to Email steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au
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