Re: DVD Media not recognized
From: TimF (TimF_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:35:10 -0800
Namniar,
Thanks for the tip. I tried that and was unsuccessful. It finds the drive,
ID channel and controllers just fine after reboot. But the drive still
doesn't like DVD's of any kind.
"namniar" wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Sounds like you did everything you can except:
>
> Open device manager, delete all entries under DVD/CD-Rom Drives (note: your
> DVD writers will be listed there). Shutdown and reboot letting XP
> autodetect the optical drive(s). If all is not working then repeat the
> above but also remove the IDE Channel under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers that
> the DVD writer is attatched to. If that still does not work repeat the
> above and also remove all entries under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers and
> reboot.
>
> r.
>
>
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Ch4XFqGFHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > What software are you trying to use to write to the DVDs? XP's built-in
> > CD writing tools normally can only do CD-Rs. It treats CD-RWs as CD-Rs.
> >
> >
> > "TimF" <TimF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8C465D64-219D-4CFF-BADD-AFD7E2275C6E@microsoft.com...
> >>I have multiple systems with DVD_RW's installed. They will not recognize
> >>any
> >> DVD media, including the DVD that came with them for the
> >> drivers./software.
> >>
> >> These systems each have different system board and DVD writer
> >> manufacturers.
> >> They all have the latest updates for the boards, the latest firmware for
> >> the
> >> DVD drives, and all are running the M$ IDE driver for the controller.
> >>
> >> They are set to use UDMA, have UDMA round cables installed on them, and
> >> show
> >> as using UDMA in Device Manager.
> >>
> >> These drives were working and would recognize DVD media prior to
> >> installing
> >> Windows XP. This includes OS upgrades and fresh installs. If I move the
> >> drives to a PC running Win2K, they function perfectly. Updating to SP1
> >> and 2
> >> with latest patches, did not help.
> >>
> >> I have seen many others with the same problem all over the net. There
> >> seems
> >> to be no real solution. Some can fix it with the M$ IDE driver, or
> >> firmware
> >> updates, or using UDMA instead of PIO. But none of that has worked for
> >> these
> >> 3 systems.
> >> I am sure by now M$ must realize there is a problem with XP and DVD-RW's
> >> from mulitple manufacturers. But I haven't seen anything posted about a
> >> possible solution.
> >>
> >> Has anyone had a similar problem, if so did you get a solid fix or are
> >> you
> >> still having issues?
> >>
> >> For the record, the main system I need working has a Sony DRU-510A drive,
> >> with an Abit NSF-7S2 board, running a fresh install of XP SP2.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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