I just took this DVD drive from another PC (the DVD drive worked fine in that computer), and put it in my rig. I turn on Windows, and i can see the drive on My Computer. Here's where it gets intrinsically gay - At first, whenever I put any kind of disc in (blank CD and DVD, and a full CD), My Computer would lock up, I would close that, go back to My Computer, and find the DVD drive to not be there anymore. As of now, the drive dosnt go away when I insert discs, but it seems to lock up my PC instead. I just upgraded the firmware on the DVD drive, with no positive results. I got this to work in my old PC somehow, I just dont remember what I did (Divine Intervention?). NEC's website has no Drivers (they didnt even have the frimware updater, had to google for that) IF anyone has an idea as to what the hell I should try next, help would be much appreciated. Also, sorry for all the writing
That drive does not appear to support DVD-/+ RW DL media. It does support DVD+R DL according to the specs. Latest firmware is 2.1A, but you said you already had it. If the media isn't your problem, I would check the master/slave settings and I normally put the DVD as Master on the secondary IDE channel.
currently I have my just DVD drive as the master, and the NEC as slave. Ill swwitch it and see what happens.
the NEC is now the master, and it works fine, but when I put my old drive as the slave, it has the exact same problem the NEC used to have. Dosnt matter because I only use one drive anyway though
Strange things can happen with different combination of drives. I once had a Plextor CD Burner and got a Plextor DVD burner to go in the same computer. I could never get them to work together, so I just ended up with the DVD burner and a normal CD Drive.
Wow. I checked the IDE cable connecting both the drives to the motherboard, and found 4 of the wires torn. Replaced the IDE cable and now have no problems
