Having troubles with 2 dvd drives

[onza]

Can some one assit me on some settings cause it just wont recognize the dvd in the drive.. i'm getting very frustrated here..

onza

more info will be added on request

alright.. i installed the dvd drive and it just blinks.. and does nothing.. i put in a data cd and when i try to click on the drive letter it gives me want to format now?? wtf..

the seek time takes forever! umm..tried every dvd in my house and no good, in two different systems same problem...

 

[goul]

Requesting ............................Now!!!!


BTW

 

[sohcrates]

seriously, we've got nothing to go on here!

 

[onza]

updated bump

 

[dutchboy]

what operating system
what mobo
what processor

give info here

 

[onza]

three different systems

tried it on win2k, win98se

mobo is on a dell, abit bf6, gigabyte.. unsure of what model

processors- p3 800eb, p3 650e, and p2 350

software power dvd... but that wont make a difference cause it wont work in windows.. just the led blinks and once it stops blinking and i double click on the drive it just asks me about the formating

ARGGGG>!!!

 

[Duvie]

My pioneer 1x dvd-rom did that after I mistakenly flashed it with the wrong firmware upgrade...flashed it with the scsi bios when it should have been the atapi one...acted just like what you have mentioned...

What does it detect in the bootup black screens?

Does it identify the drive correctly in system devices?

Does the drive load any dos drivers or did it add any lines to the config.sys?

 

[onza]

it detects fine.. in windows.. but when a media goes into drive no good.. even gets a drive in dos mode..

onza

 

[DClark]

I don't think DVD and CD-ROM drives like being put in as slave drives; have you made sure that the DVD is set to master and it's plugged into the motherboard as a master drive?

 

[onza]

its the only drive on the channel and its set to master.. done that.. next idea??

onza

 

[Mday]

check the cable

dis/enable DMA...

 

[StormRider]

I had a defective DVD drive that did something similar. I knew it was defective because I bought 2 identical drives -- one only read CDs and could not recognize DVDs. The other worked perfectly. I exchanged the bad one for another.

 

[onza]

did that all.. dma and no dma...i have another drive that does similar things... and i know it couldnt be the system cause i have had dvd drives in my computer that worked just fine.. kinda wondering...

anymore input?

onza

 

[onza]

anyone bump??

 

[onza]

bump.. in need of help

onza