Re: Problem with DVD RW in Windows XP after upgrading motherboard to NF7-S
From: Colon Terminus (Colon_Terminus_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/09/04
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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:38:04 GMT
Boot logging should pinpoint the problem for you.
"Dax M. Westerman" <daxmw@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> 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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