DVD RW Drive Problem

What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
than 'None' was 'Disabled'
I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
connections it now seems to be ok.
Could this be a bad ribbon?

James

James--Try Microsoft Fix it 50027. It worked for me.
Don M

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
> connections it now seems to be ok.
> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>
> James
>
>

Thanks.
I'll do it.

James

"Don Morgan" <lobem4@cox.net> wrote in message
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> James--Try Microsoft Fix it 50027. It worked for me.
> Don M
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
> news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
>> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
>> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
>> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
>> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
>> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
>> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
>> connections it now seems to be ok.
>> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>>
>> James
>>
>>

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
> connections it now seems to be ok.
> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>
> James
>
>
Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. It's also possible
that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently. Note the MS
Fix mentioned is irrelevant. If the drive was not being detected by the
BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.

BIOS didn't detect it either.

The drive is 3 years old.
Could it go bad in that short of time?

James

"GTS" <x@y.net> wrote in message
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>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
> news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
>> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
>> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
>> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
>> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
>> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
>> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
>> connections it now seems to be ok.
>> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>>
>> James
>>
>>
> Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. It's also
> possible that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently.
> Note the MS Fix mentioned is irrelevant. If the drive was not being
> detected by the BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060

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Peter

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"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
> connections it now seems to be ok.
> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>
> James
>
>

Drives can go bad whenever they go bad. Days, weeks, months, years. If
BIOS does not see it and all connections are known to be good, then the
drive has likely failed.

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> BIOS didn't detect it either.
>
> The drive is 3 years old.
> Could it go bad in that short of time?
>
> James
>
> "GTS" <x@y.net> wrote in message
> news:uJBMSqwYKHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
>> news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
>>> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
>>> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
>>> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
>>> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
>>> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
>>> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
>>> connections it now seems to be ok.
>>> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. It's also
>> possible that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently.
>> Note the MS Fix mentioned is irrelevant. If the drive was not being
>> detected by the BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.
>

The laser in the drive has a finite life span, and sometimes it seems to be
way to short.

I have seen a drive unable to detect any DVD disk after only about 25 hours
of actual recording time. The drive was 1 year old and, as most drives,
plays disks much more than it records disks. The CD function worked fine.

I have had 3 Sony drives fail prior to reaching an actual DVD recording time
of 50 hours. I now have a Lite-On that is approaching 100 hours and still
working fine.

Note that when recording fails, playback may still work. Also, because there
are 2 lasers, one for DVD and one for CD, one of the functions may be fine
while the other is defective.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security


"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> BIOS didn't detect it either.
>
> The drive is 3 years old.
> Could it go bad in that short of time?
>
> James
>
> "GTS" <x@y.net> wrote in message
> news:uJBMSqwYKHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
>> news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
>>> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
>>> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
>>> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
>>> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
>>> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
>>> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
>>> connections it now seems to be ok.
>>> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. It's also
>> possible that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently.
>> Note the MS Fix mentioned is irrelevant. If the drive was not being
>> detected by the BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.
>

Sure. Parts can fail at any time.
--

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
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> BIOS didn't detect it either.
>
> The drive is 3 years old.
> Could it go bad in that short of time?
>
> James
>
> "GTS" <x@y.net> wrote in message
> news:uJBMSqwYKHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
>> news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
>>> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
>>> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
>>> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
>>> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
>>> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
>>> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
>>> connections it now seems to be ok.
>>> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. It's also
>> possible that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently.
>> Note the MS Fix mentioned is irrelevant. If the drive was not being
>> detected by the BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.
>

On Nov 12, 12:01*am, "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote:
> BIOS didn't detect it either.
>
> The drive is 3 years old.
> Could it go bad in that short of time?
>
> James
>
> "GTS" <x...@y.net> wrote in message
>
> news:uJBMSqwYKHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunne0r.com> wrote in message
> >news:uzYGO$uYKHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> What would cause Vista x32 sp2 to all of a sudden not see my
> >> DVD RW Drive. I went to open it today and nothing happened.
> >> I checked 'Computer' and the device wasn't there. I checked
> >> BIOS and it showed as 'None'. The only option in the BIOS other
> >> than 'None' was 'Disabled'
> >> I opened my computer and checked the ribbon which seemed to be
> >> connected ok. After jiggling the ribbon and checking the other
> >> connections it now seems to be ok.
> >> Could this be a bad ribbon?
>
> >> James
>
> > Yes, or it could have been a loose or dirty connection. *It's also
> > possible that the drive may be failing and will act up intermittently.
> > Note the MS Fix mentioned is irrelevant. *If the drive was not being
> > detected by the BIOS, it has nothing to do with Windows.

Six (6) months is a short amount of time for computer and computer
parts. Three (3) years could be consider an "eternity!"