DVD SATA drives no longer show up in my computer
I have 2 optical SATA drives installed both made by Asus (one is DVD the other is DVDRW). They worked just fine for about 6 months then one day the computer refused to boot and the drives were not detected in BIOS. I opened the case and tried reseating the connectors. The drives showed up in BIOS again and were detected on boot up but when I get into windows the drives are not showing up in my computer and even auto-run CDs won't run. I tried brand new SATA cables and those did not work either but I do not think it is the cables because the drives were detected on boot up and the drives still didn't show up in that instance.
I tried the solutions on the windows knowledge base about resetting/deleting upperfilters and lowerfilters and this did not affect the problem. In device manager the drives simply do not show up. I tried resetting the registry settings for the drives and rebooting but that didn't work either. The drive power light goes on when you put a CD in but it doesn't play even as an autorun. Also have an 850w PSU and adequate cooling so not an issue with powering the drives consistently or overheating. Tried blowing the case out with compressed air just for the hell of it but no dice. All the cables are plugged in tight.
Model Numbers: DVD-2616A3T and DRW-2014L1T both by Asus
Windows Vista 64 bit home Edition
I tried the solutions on the windows knowledge base about resetting/deleting upperfilters and lowerfilters and this did not affect the problem. In device manager the drives simply do not show up. I tried resetting the registry settings for the drives and rebooting but that didn't work either. The drive power light goes on when you put a CD in but it doesn't play even as an autorun. Also have an 850w PSU and adequate cooling so not an issue with powering the drives consistently or overheating. Tried blowing the case out with compressed air just for the hell of it but no dice. All the cables are plugged in tight.
Model Numbers: DVD-2616A3T and DRW-2014L1T both by Asus
Windows Vista 64 bit home Edition
Will it boot to a CD (i.e. your XP CD)?
Chris B
Chris B
Yes
Sorry typo
Hi,
Looks like a connection problem, if your drives do not appear on computer management, double check where the drives are connected on the motherboard. The SATA connector are numbered, so for instance, if your HD is SATA as well, it should be on number 1, the DVD on number 2 and DVDWR on number 3. Hwr, if your HD is IDE, the the DVD on number 1 and DVDWR on number 2.
Check BIOS again, and double check that in the SATA option, RAID is not selected, if you are not sure, try reseting to the default settings and try logon to windows and check.
Looks like a connection problem, if your drives do not appear on computer management, double check where the drives are connected on the motherboard. The SATA connector are numbered, so for instance, if your HD is SATA as well, it should be on number 1, the DVD on number 2 and DVDWR on number 3. Hwr, if your HD is IDE, the the DVD on number 1 and DVDWR on number 2.
Check BIOS again, and double check that in the SATA option, RAID is not selected, if you are not sure, try reseting to the default settings and try logon to windows and check.
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madhusk: only my HD (also SATA) shows up in disk management, not the cd drives.
burrcm: yes it will boot with my VISTA cd
pcfreaker: Double checked that RAID was not selected for any of my drives in BIOS, the disk drives themselves show up properly in BIOS but they do not show up in windows.
burrcm: yes it will boot with my VISTA cd
pcfreaker: Double checked that RAID was not selected for any of my drives in BIOS, the disk drives themselves show up properly in BIOS but they do not show up in windows.
OK. Nothing wrong with the hardware then. Unplug the power and remove the mobo battery. Wait 30 minutes, reinstall and reboot. If no improvement, disconnect one drive and try the other in a different port if there is a spare. Next I guess would be a repair install. This will reset most registry issues.
Chris B
Chris B
You can try to plug them at another computer to discard mobo issue... Did you try changing the sata connector to another free port?
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pcfreaker: yes I tried another free port
burrcm: it reset all my settings, redetected properly and still did not show up in windows. Tried a different port and that didn't work either.
burrcm: it reset all my settings, redetected properly and still did not show up in windows. Tried a different port and that didn't work either.
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Ok tried to repair the driver but hte software says "no matching device" when I try to run it through windows and there isn't an option to run it on boot up.
Not sure this will help but no harm to try, delete upper and lower filters:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270008
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Punky: As state above: " tried the solutions on the windows knowledge base about resetting/deleting upperfilters and lowerfilters and this did not affect the problem"
Sorry, did not read all. However, can you test those 2 sata DVD drives on esata ports see if it appears in windows?
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Don't have esata port capabilities here that I know of.
The motherboard you have there should have 2 esata ports, would you please take pictures of your motherboard?
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I would suggest to do a fresh installation.
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That wasn't very helpful?
Click on Disk Management there you should be able to see the Available drives
Right click on DVD drive which is not shown in My Computer and select Assign/Change Drive Letter and select a drive letter other than A, B, C, D, E and click Apply.
This should show the drives in My Computer.