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Computer doesn't recongiize external burner.

I just added a external dvd burner to my system. I have 2 TSST CORP BURNERS TSH552B. The external is a Sony 510 with was a internal but I but it in a case to make it an external. Also, I have a virtual drive AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI device. In addition, I have 2 Wester Digital hard drives. When I hooked up the Sony by USB to my computerit isn't recongized. I have a Gateway desktop and my operating system is XP Home Edition. I have Alcohol120 and Nero on my computer as software I burn with. Anyone with any ideas of what my problem is?

Mohammed Hamada

Hello Cnotedog follow these steps please:-

In the Device Manager uninstall the optical drives. Reboot the PC and XP
should reinstall the drivers on startup.
If not then uninstall and reinstall the chipset drivers of the motherboard.

Also here's a related topic or thread:-
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21078439/CDROM-and-DVD-not-recognized.html

Watzman

What happens when you plug in the external USB controller? Do you get the "twin-tone" sound, or the "new hardware detected" thing in the system tray? I presume that the drive has power from an external source -- even if the USB case that you are using nominally supported bus-powered drives, this device is going to need an external power supply for both 5 volts and 12 volts.

vonskie

Sometimes the USB device may be assigned a duplicate drive letter of another device... I have seen this a few times.... go to my computer, right click manage, click on drives and if you see it there with no drive letter assigned to it, assign it one that is not being used...

nobus

check the M/S jumper setting on the drive, some cases will not accept slave devices

rindi

Do you see an error in device manager (a !)? Are you sure the USB port works? And of course, as watzman says, you will need an external powersource.

Flying_Wizard

I have some Maxtor drives (external)... the go via the Firewire interface, but if they are already on they don't show in the My Computer panel.... if I unplug the power on them and reconnect it again... it detects the drives...

The solution for me was to install the software that came with the drives.... I had originally clicked cancel for the drivers and found they worked anyway...

Try re-installing the software for the drive you are having problems with..
Also do you have SP2 installed... I believe there are a number of USB updates on it which may also cure this problem.

cnotedog

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I checked in device manager and one of my usb mass storage devices has a yellow error on it. Could this be the problem..Also, I have the burner set to slave.

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cnotedog

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ok, I will give that a try.

Watzman

Rindi is right, set it to master. The yellow splat is most likley the problem. This, in turn, could be due to the master/slave setting, or it could be due to something else. Device manager should give you a cursory, one-sentence explanation of the problem. Although it's not always helpful ("the device has a problem and is not working properly"), sometimes it will give you a clue as to where to go.

Also, since it's so easy to do (normally no drivers or software are required), try it on another Windows XP computer.