Windows wont detect drive...

**eatnmyflesh** · October 4th, 2004, 12:06 PM

I'm pretty sure its a bug cause on my last comp I had to download a patch and it fixed it I just can't find the patch.

**SirGraystone** · October 4th, 2004, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

I'm pretty sure its a bug cause on my last comp I had to download a patch and it fixed it I just can't find the patch.

What kind of drive it it?

What version of Windows do you have?

**nunob** · October 4th, 2004, 12:19 PM

Maybe a BIOS upgrade? We need more info such as the hard drive make and model, OS, Motherboard?

**TripleRLtd** · October 4th, 2004, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

I'm pretty sure its a bug cause on my last comp I had to download a patch and it fixed it I just can't find the patch.

Not sure what you mean by a "patch" to make your OS detect a drive. Any OS natively supports IDE drives w/o a "patch". So, either your CD/DVD doesn't work, or I am confused by what you mean. Is this an internal drive?

**nunob** · October 4th, 2004, 12:33 PM

Might be a jumper setting as well. I hate to overlook the little things.

**WebHead** · October 4th, 2004, 12:35 PM

Make sure "pin 1" on the data cable matches on both the mobo side and the CD-Rom drive side.

**freddy** · October 4th, 2004, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

I'm pretty sure its a bug cause on my last comp I had to download a patch and it fixed it I just can't find the patch.

Windows wont detect drive...

what sort of drive my sycic turns off at 16.30

**eatnmyflesh** · October 4th, 2004, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by nunob

Might be a jumper setting as well. I hate to overlook the little things.

It's an internal Sony- DRU710A and im running windows XP. The slave is a LG it's detecting it fine, and the patch or bug fix or somthing was either from windows or hp it was some kind of bug that kept the comp from detecing the drive.............not sure exactly.

Base processor and speed

Celeron 2.2 GHz

o 400 MHz Front side

o Socket mPGA478

Motherboard

o Trigem

Chipset
845GL

**freddy** · October 4th, 2004, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

It's an internal Sony- DRU710A and im running windows XP. The slave is a LG it's detecting it fine, and the patch or bug fix or somthing was either from windows or hp it was some kind of bug that kept the comp from detecing the drive.............not sure exactly.

Base processor and speed

Celeron 2.2 GHz

o 400 MHz Front side

o Socket mPGA478

Motherboard

o Trigem

Chipset
845GL

about the only bug you would have is if you had set the jumpers wrong.

does the bios screen see the device ,,,,you say u had this problemon your old computer? ,,,

have you just installed this now?

does your bios see it?

**nunob** · October 4th, 2004, 01:12 PM

Yep the sony drive needs to be set as the master use the jumper on the back of the drive and it should have a diagram on top to tell you how to set it.

**eatnmyflesh** · October 4th, 2004, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by nunob

Yep the sony drive needs to be set as the master use the jumper on the back of the drive and it should have a diagram on top to tell you how to set it.

Checked the jumper it's set correctly and yes i just installed it.

**freddy** · October 4th, 2004, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

Checked the jumper it's set correctly and yes i just installed it.

then try removing your other cd , and see if it works then

Question asked , on my last post ,,,

does the bios screen see the device

please answer the question , it may help people two work out ,if it a jumper problem , or indeed a windows problem

**eatnmyflesh** · October 4th, 2004, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by freddy

then try removing your other cd , and see if it works then

Question asked , on my last post ,,,

does the bios screen see the device

please answer the question , it may help people two work out ,if it a jumper problem , or indeed a windows problem

No bios wasn't detecting so i changed the cable works fine I guess it was a faulty cable.

**drivers** · February 25th, 2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by eatnmyflesh

I'm pretty sure its a bug cause on my last comp I had to download a patch and it fixed it I just can't find the patch.

I know that at one point I too downloaded this patch and now I need it again and I can't find it! HELP! I installed Windows XP on my mother's computer and everything is peachy except the fact that the cdr drive will not burn. It does not find the blank disk. HELP!!!!