Can't see CD-RW or DVD drives

[tom_tx2001]

Runing W98SE
On normal boot the drive do not show up in the device manager
but in safe mode the do show up(did not try to use them in safe mode)
Any ideas? :scratch:

Thanks

[Armo]

did you recently add a drive, or did it just start doing this?

[tom_tx2001]

did you recently add a drive, or did it just start doing this?

No, I have not touched anything. Went through a system crash but that has happened before. Before I posted the first post I did scan disk, AdAwae and virus scan they all come out clean. :scratch:

[GrayFox]

For some random reason my sisters computer did the same thing. Her bios had changed the devices to none (she didn't do it she doesnt have the bios pass)just make sure there manualy set in or on auto and it should work :)

[tom_tx2001]

For some random reason my sisters computer did the same thing. Her bios had changed the devices to none (she didn't do it she doesnt have the bios pass)just make sure there manualy set in or on auto and it should work :)

Thanks GrayFox,

It has been a long time since I've been in the BIOS and I don't remember how to get to it.
I did a search for it and found it. Geeeezzzzzzzzzzz every mfg does it different.

I'll let you know if it was the problem.

[tom_tx2001]

For some random reason my sisters computer did the same thing. Her bios had changed the devices to none (she didn't do it she doesnt have the bios pass)just make sure there manualy set in or on auto and it should work :)


I checked the BIOS. Showed the hard drive then the other three
showed none but set to auto detect.
I booted to save mode and they showed up in the device manager
the rebooted to Normal and no CD-ROMs. So they show up in save mode
I would not think it would be the BIOS.

[tom_tx2001]

I checked the BIOS. Showed the hard drive then the other three
showed none but set to auto detect.
I booted to save mode and they showed up in the device manager
the rebooted to Normal and no CD-ROMs. So they show up in save mode
I would not think it would be the BIOS.

Any body else have any ideas :confused:

[profdlp]

Some BIOS's have a manual setting for "CDROM" or "Optical Drive". You might check if that applies for the IDE channels where the drives are located.

If that doesn't work, try booting in Safe Mode and removing all the CD/DVD drives and everything under IDE Controllers. Reboot and let Windows try setting them up again.

If none of the above helps, try downloading and reinstalling the IDE Controller driver for your board. What MB do you have?

:wave:

[tom_tx2001]

Some BIOS's have a manual setting for "CDROM" or "Optical Drive". You might check if that applies for the IDE channels where the drives are located.

If that doesn't work, try booting in Safe Mode and removing all the CD/DVD drives and everything under IDE Controllers. Reboot and let Windows try setting them up again.

If none of the above helps, try downloading and reinstalling the IDE Controller driver for your board. What MB do you have?

:wave:

MB=Asus K7M

Thanks for the tips

Tom

[profdlp]

Here's the Driver Page (http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=K7M&Type=Latest) for your board, should you need it.

The VIA 4-in-1 driver for Win9x/NT/2000 is the one I'd start with for an IDE problem.