Plextor 16/10/40a Problem, HELP PLEASE!!!

[Hammbone]

I have the drive listed above. When i shut down my computer and then restart it the light on the front blinks and i cant open the drive or anything. the only way to get this to stop is to shut the computer down and unplug it for 10 seconds or so, plug it back in and fire it up. wtf??? is the drive bad. it is the master on the secondary ide controller my dvd is slave. dma is checked in the properties. but in the bios it is in pio mode 4. whats the deal with the other jumper on the back of the drive??? any ideas???

 

[bozo1]

Don't know about your opening tray problem - maybe try flashing to the latest ROM? As far as the jumper in the back, that has to be jumped in order to do DMA mode.

 

[Hammbone]

i flashed it not to long ago to 1.03, any other ideas???

 

[bozo1]

Sounds like a flaky drive to me.