DVD Drive...?

Question

(NOTE: Those components were changed due to a power surge damaging my original motherboard. )


After recently changing my motherboard, RAM, and processor (and re validating XP - it went without a hitch) my DVD-RW drive no longer is detected in Windows XP, when I set it as boot priority I can't boot off of it either... (note; this was a manufacture PC that I basically changed everything in BESIDES the optical drives and one hard drive) I had removed my floppy drive due to it being broken (don't ask..) and my drivers etc are on a cd that came with my board..(which should be fine?)


Also, since the motherboard change.. The onboard ethernet doesn't work on my main computer, so I've been going off my laptop... Probably due to the drivers-thing


BIOS Detects the DVD RW drive, but labels it as a CD drive, by the way..

Any advice on what to do would be appreciated, thank you.

Answer 1

It was probably damaged in the power surge. If your DVD drive still opens, then it is still working properly. But because it is not recognized by Windows, it is a problem with windows. Try right clicking on "My Computer" and clicking on "Manage" or "Map Network Drive" and rename your DVD drive if it is even recognized so that you can differentiate it from the other drives. Make sure that your DVD drive is wired properly and is connected to both the motherboard and power. You will need to update all the drivers but you already know that. If all esle fails you might want to buy a new one maybe from www.newegg.com. Don't pay someone to check it out because that will cost more than a new DVD drive. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Step 1. Update every little bit of info you can update. You may not have drivers. This sounds like a driver issue.

Step 2. If the original dvd drive was proprietary it may have controls to prevent non original use. There are ways around this and can be found on the web and would take longer to explain so I won't explain it here.

Step 3. Probably should be done first but I have found if the drive can be read it is not a major problem. Still making sure that the connections are in the right spot helps insure recognition.

Step 4. Did your bios know that you were changing motherboards. USually in a good installer the bios is told by the motherboard. Sometimes this is a manual setup issue.

Step 5. If none of this works and you have gone to some of the forums on your new motherboard and can't find the problems there, then it may just be the old DVD drive. Time to replace.

Answer 3

it is possible that your dvd drive was damaged as well from the surge. you pretty much can't do anything about it but you can have a professional check it for errors. your ethernet on the other hand needs to have its drivers installed before it could work. the drivers should be on your motherboard cd.