Abit IS7-G: Disappearing CDRW

[ArMs]

I'm posting this for a friend, so don't hackle me about grammar or spelling

Sup ladies and Gents.

I just built my system last night, everything is running awesome except one small problem.

After a fresh format and install of Win XP Pro, rebooting for the first time thereafter my CDRW will disappear. (does not show up in drive management, or device manager)

EDIT
Note: The CDRW is on the secondary IDE controller. (Jumper is set to "Master") And my 120Gb is on the same cable. (Jumper set to "Slave) The HD remains after I reboot for clarification.

My system is:

Abit IS7-G
P4 2.8Ghz "C" (800mhz)
Spark 7 HSF (ThermalTake)
1Gb Corsair XMS TwinX (400mhz)
Raptor WD SATA, & WD 120Gb
Abit G4 Ti4600
Liteon 52x32x52 CDRW
Onboard Sound/Ethernet. (Realtek AC97 & 3com Gigabit)

 

[Mavtech]

Check and double check your jumper and cable configuration.

 

[ArMs]

CDRW's jumper is "master" and the hard drive's jumper is set to "slave" and they are both on the Secondary IDE channel

 

[Mavtech]

If the HD is your system drive, try putting the HD as Master and the CDRW as Slave on the Primary IDE. Or, if you only have 2 drives, put one on each IDE channel.

 

[ArMs]

The Raptor is the boot drive.

 

[Mavtech]

Ok. I see that now. Just try switching the configuration around. Also, check to see if the Bios sees it.

 

[ArMs]

Bios sees Raptor as Primary master, CDRW as Secondary Master and 120Gb as Secondary Slave

 

[Mavtech]

Hmmm. The bios is seeing it but Win xp isn't. Thats odd. XP is usually good with that. Maybe try add remove hardware. I had both my DVD and CDRW disapear one time. All I did was messed around with the Cable orientation.

 

[fleabus]

I just built a new system with an is7 and I have the same problem. CD-RW was there for 15-20 reboots, and now it's gone. Shows up in bios, but not in XP.

fleabus