LG dvd player misregonized by windows as a SCSI

[ComatoseDelirium]

My LG dvd rom/cd writer the GCC - 4521B, is being recognized as a XA7427J VCM630G cdRom Device, I used the firewire updates from the LG website but it did nothing, my device manager/hardware installer in windows has always been iffy, without drivers, for example, when i use 2 monitors it recognizes 3 more default monitors..

anyone know why something like this would happen?

 

[Jiggz]

You might want to ran malware or virus scan on your system first. Better yet need to do some registry cleaning.

 

[Continuity28]

I think it might be time to format and install windows again. It sounds like it hasn't been working right for a while...

 

[Bozo Galora]

sounds like you used the wrong firmware
and/or have the IDE device hooked up to a SATA port
scsi recognition means windows seeing SATA type drive - I assume you are using non SP2 XP

http://www.cdfreaks.com/drive/559

 

[OSX]

How are you going to fit a SATA connecter into an IDE socket?

 

[OdiN]

Seeing the drive as a SCSI device can mean it's on a SATA connector as mentioned above (there are IDE to SATA converters)

Also it could mean you have it plugged into a PCI expansion card like the Promise IDE cards - they will also show up as SCSI usually.