DVD-Rom Troubles...

[adamfelker]

Hi all, I'm having a really weird problem between my DVD-ROM drive (Toshiba SD-M1402) and my motherboard (MSI K7TPro-2a). When the computer starts up, the drive isn't recognized by the BIOS (where it lists all the drives connected to the IDE controllers) if there's a disc in the drive. However, if the drive is empty the DVD-rom is properly recognized. Any suggestions for a remedy? New 4-in-1's? Do I need to change a Windows setting (XP Professional)? Any help would be appreciated, as this is a frustrating problem.

 

[nemo160]

if your bios isn't recognizing it its not an os or 4in1 driver problem, as neither your os or any of the drivers installed for it have even started to load when the bios is detecting drives
i'd flash the motherboard bios to the latest version and search for updated firmware for the drive
also try swapping in a different ide cable (no real reason, just an easy thing to try and see)

 

[adamfelker]

I've already changed the cable, and the problem persists. I guess even more than a fix I'd like an explanation of why this happens (I'm replacing the mobo later this week as part of a major system upgrade). I've had this configuration for over a year, and I'm just noticing the problem; it used to work fine. What sort of thing would cause this?

 

[spanky]

flash the bios yet?

 

[nemo160]

well..probably not a bios issue if it worked on the same board earlier
maybe the drive is slowly dying..i don't know
flashing the firmware on the drive is worth trying