windows won't find optical drives...help!

[fstroupe]

OK, I give up... :x

NF7-S Ver2, latest bios, Liteon DVD, Liteon DVD rom, 2 SATA drives, Windows XP Home SP2...

Did a review on a case the other day...when I got everything back together, optical drives weren't recognized. I assumed my ghetto rounded IDE cable was trashed, so didn't worry. Got another today, still won't recognize them. :evil:

They are recognized in BIOS correctly...if I put IDE cable in IDE1, they are "primary master/primary slave", in IDE2, they are "Secondary master/secondary slave"...correct brand and model.

But, in Windows, they aren't recognized either in "my computer", or in device manager. :evil: :evil:

I've tried swapping the slave/master leads to each. (easier than changing slave/master jumpers on drives)

Did a system restore just for kicks, to no avail. :cry:

HELP![smilie=BangHead.gif]

[Caj Darkmoon]

Drivers.

[undergroundtech]

Go ahead and try changing to the slave/master jumpers if you haven't already, don't forget to adjust the [cable select/ jumper select] option in the BIOS. I've seen a couple boards act picky about the drive configuration.

Also test the cable your using in another computer, just because its new is no guarantee that it always good & working.

[KryoNexus]

this is a problem that happens periodically with XP. i remember we used to get it all the time when i worked for Dell tech support. There is a registry entry that you have to delete.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - "Upperfilters" and "Lowerfilters".

Search for something of that nature in your registry (the upperfilters and lowerfilters part) and then delete both of those keys. now reboot and you should be ok.

[fstroupe]

Drivers.

Drivers are in windows...you can't even download them from Liteon site.

Go ahead and try changing to the slave/master jumpers if you haven't already, don't forget to adjust the [cable select/ jumper select] option in the BIOS. I've seen a couple boards act picky about the drive configuration.


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Also test the cable your using in another computer, just because its new is no guarantee that it always good & working.

If cable was bad, would bios recognize the drives? And I re-tried the old cable...BIOS recognizes the drives with it, too.

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[undergroundtech]

Definitely sounds like a Windows issue, have you looked at the Event Viewer to see if it points a finger at anything that could have caused the problem.

And did you do a format when you reinstalled Windows, or just a Windows repair?

[fstroupe]

Did a clean install this afternoon...all cool now...except the hassle of downloading all of the various programs I use.

FOR THE RECORD...I have used exclusively Windows since 95 came out. This is the first wierd problem I have ever had with Windows.

[Bio-Hazard]

Glad you got it up and running, even if you had to do a reinstall............. 8)

[fstroupe]

Well, I guess it was really time...I know most guys "in the know" do a clean install at least a couple of times a year...I don't, 'cause I HATE it! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

[undergroundtech]

Don't feel bad... I only do an install, when absolutely necessary (I can find better ways to spend my Saturdays too :mrgreen: ).