Re: Problem with DVD RW in Windows XP after upgrading motherboard to NF7-S

From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:02:05 -0700

Did you repair this installation? If you haven't, you will want to boot
off the XP CD, choose to install, then it will find the existing Windows
installation and offer to repair it, press R to repair and then go from
there. Also, you may want to check this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553 

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Nathan McNulty
Dax M. Westerman wrote:
> I recently upgraded my motherboard to an Abit NF7-S and re-installed
> to Windows XP Home Edition, and now I cannot get Windows to recognize
> my DVD RW, a Philips DVDRW228.  Since there are several elements to
> this problem from hardware to software, and since I cannot decide
> where the problem lays, I'm posting to hardware and software groups
> for insight.  Consequently, please excuse this post if you do not feel
> it belongs here, for that's part of my problem is finding a root
> source.
> 
> Basic Computer Specs:
> 
> AMD Athlon XP 3200+
> 2.19 GHz
> 512 RAM
> NF7-S motherboard with latest bios as of Aug 1, 2004
> Philips DVDRW228 (firmware version unknown, but manufacture date as of
> July 2002)
> 
> The motherboard is set to auto for DMA/PIO use for the drive's
> position in the IDE chain.
> 
> The motherboard recognizes the DVDRW228, and I can boot to Safe Mode
> (or at least I have in the past during troubleshooting), when I try to
> boot to normal mode, the system hangs after mups.sys is loaded,
> meaning that control has been handed over to the kernel and XP's
> trying to load up third party stuff.
> 
> I've researched this pretty extensively, and I've tried the following
> suggestions:
> 
> -	Moving the drive's position / role in the drive chain (master and
> slave on ide0 and id1),
> -	Changing the bios to force PIO as opposed to DMA,
> -	Loading up windows with a different drive, set it to PIO, then
> replaced this drive with the DVDRW228,
> -	Update the ASPI drivers with the latest versions from ADAPTEC and
> -	Updating the ASPI drivers with the version on the Philips DVDRW228
> cd
> 
> I have not attempted to flash the DVDRW228, primarily because tech
> support at Philips told me it really wouldn't help.
> 
> Has anyone else ever encountered a problem like this, or can anyone
> offer any further suggestions, please?  The drive is only a year or so
> old, and I hate to get rid of a perfectly good piece of hardware just
> because I don't have the magic combination to make it work.
> 
> Thanks!

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