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
Matsushita DVD RW(Hammer), and the Pioneer is jumpered to be the slave
and the Matsushita 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 Matsushita became the slave.
The result is the same except the one which is not recognized by the OS
is switched from Matsushita 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.
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>