Windows XP does not detect optical drive connected to secondary slave IDE

I'm trying to add a DVD reader to my computer which already has a CD-RW
drive. I connected the DVD to the secondary IDE channel as slave - the CD-RW
is master. I have checked that the jumpers on both drives are set correctly.
Both drives are correctly detected by the BIOS, but Windows does not detect
the drive. Have tried the Add Hardware Wizard, but no luck.

If I swap the DVD and CD-RW around (ie. make DVD master and CD-RW slave) the
DVD is detected by Windows, but not the CD-RW. BIOS detects them correctly.
I've also tried a couple of different IDE cables with no luck.

Any suggestions?

CD-RW drive is an MSI 48A and the DVD is a Pioneer DVD-115. Motherboard is
MSI K7T266Pro2.


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