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  1. December 10th, 2006, 09:25 AM #1
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    DVD drive not showing in windows

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    Ive just installed another HDD in my pc, its a raptor, so ive done a clean install of the OS because the drive is faster. Problem is i cant see my DVD drive in windows. My CD and DVD drive both show up in the BIOS, but the DVD drive isnt in windows. Ive checked in computer management but its not there either. Anyone got any ideas? It worked fine before this? Oh and ive also tried another IDE cable. All HDD's are SATA
    Current Specs
    1*Asus Maximus Formula, Q6600, 4GB DDR2, BFG 8600 GTS OC2, Raptor 80Gb, XP 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64 bit
    2*Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, Athlon64X2 4200+, 2GB DDR, PX6800GT, Raptor 80Gb, 400Gb, 320Gb, 300Gb, XP Pro + Vista
    3*Asus K8V-MX, Sempron 3000+, 512Mb DDR, 80Gb Raptor, 80Gb IDE, XP Pro
    4*HP Pavillion, Athlon64 3400+, 1.5GB RAM, Geforce 440 GO 64M, 80Gb IDE, XP Pro
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  2. December 10th, 2006, 10:42 AM #2
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    does it appear in device manager?
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  3. December 10th, 2006, 11:12 AM #3
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    God, im not with it today lol. Checked device manager, and it was disabled for some reason *note to self, must check the obvious, before i waste peoples time lol*
    Current Specs
    1*Asus Maximus Formula, Q6600, 4GB DDR2, BFG 8600 GTS OC2, Raptor 80Gb, XP 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64 bit
    2*Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, Athlon64X2 4200+, 2GB DDR, PX6800GT, Raptor 80Gb, 400Gb, 320Gb, 300Gb, XP Pro + Vista
    3*Asus K8V-MX, Sempron 3000+, 512Mb DDR, 80Gb Raptor, 80Gb IDE, XP Pro
    4*HP Pavillion, Athlon64 3400+, 1.5GB RAM, Geforce 440 GO 64M, 80Gb IDE, XP Pro
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  4. December 10th, 2006, 11:27 AM #4
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  5. December 11th, 2006, 09:09 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raffaz
    ....*note to self, must check the obvious, before i waste peoples time lol*
    I always waste people money/time while checking the obvious...'

    sorry I could not resist
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  6. December 11th, 2006, 09:30 AM #6
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    I never feel guilty about asking for a sanity check... sometimes you have so much going on, you cannot see what's right in front of you.
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