Re: DVD Drive only some times appears

I am back home from trip and have checked the jumpers. There does not
seem to be nothing wrong about them. There are Pioneer DVD RW and
Matsu****a DVD RW(Hammer), and the Pioneer is jumpered to be the slave
and the Matsu****a is jumpered to be the master. BIOS recognized both of
them correctely.

Then I changed the jumpers so that their role were rversed with each
other: Pioneer beccame the master and the Matsu****a became the slave.
The result is the same except the one which is not recognized by the OS
is switched from Matsu****a to Pioneer.

Kevin and Jenn wrote:
> I've found the same issue with a CD burner. I have a DVD Burner and CD
> Burner. When I first installed VISTA, no problemo. Now I can only see
> the DVD. CD is off to Never Never Land.
>
> I'd like to see this resolved, but will say in the mean time, At least
> it's the CD burner that's missing and not the DVD
>
>
> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
> news:uSW49SPDHHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Rick:
>> The jumper must be ok because the drive was installed quite some time
>> ago and it has been working fine since on Windows XP or Windows 2000.
>> I am currently on the road and will double check it when I will be
>> back home in a week.
>>
>> John Barnes wrote:e
>> The POST appears ok bcause the screen display during boot up shows
>> that the both DVD drives are recognized.
>>
>>> I would check the POST and if the drive is missing there, I would
>>> check the power plugs, from the DVD all the way back to the power
>>> supply. Especially if you have used splitters they may need
>>> reseating. I have also found many splitters to be of poor quality
>>> and are hard to get properly seated so they can be erratic especially
>>> with moist air. Try a different power cable to the drive (swap with
>>> the one that is working and see if that helps). A new data cable may
>>> also be necessary if you are getting power to the drive during POST
>>> but not showing up in the system.
>>>
>>>
>>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>>> news:O%23d5eqKDHHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> I restarted the PC this morning and found the problem DVD Drive(one
>>>> of the two DVD RW drives) disappeared again. Further assistance is
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> churin wrote:
>>>>> Rick,
>>>>>
>>>>> That solved the problem. Thank you so very much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kaz
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick Rogers wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shut down, reseat the cabling. Then startup and load Safe mode.
>>>>>> Open Device Manager and remove (uninstall) the drive, then restart
>>>>>> normally.
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>