Can't locate DVD ROM drive in "my computer" (pavillion dv72270us)

it seems that wn i start windows ( 7 ) and there is a dvd disc in the dvd rom, in the windows it doesn't seem yo see it .. but if i restarted the system with out any disc in my dvd rom it seems to see it
so what is that
i have a windows 7 64bit and i have a pavillion dv7-2270us
thx

A friend recently gave me his G4, but the CD/DVD
drive wasn't working, so I went to Best Buy and
bought a CDRW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive by "Dynex." I
installed it and the tray pops out and it appears to
be doing something when I put in the operating system
DVD, but the screen blinks a file folder and a
question mark.
There is no operating system currently installed.
Are only certain drives compatible with this
computer, or is there something I should be doing
upon start-up?
Dynex is likely a brand name for the seller, not the actual drive manufacturer.
if you check the drive unit itself, it may have some other markings on in that denote the actual mahufacturer.
While all drives should work for at least reading CDs/DVDs, not all will support booting.
Might want to check the drive compatibility database on xlr8yourmac.com

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The day after, I tried to power it on... nothing! Always three times flashing lights...
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If the CPU or the Motherboard or the RAM too got broken... simply it NEVER should run... on the contrary two times it worked very well!... with a broken Motherboard or CPU??? ...mmmm... so strange....
If the RAM got broken... how is this possible? 6 ram modules burned together??? It seems so absurd... (in past there were 8 RAM modules... one or two got broken... so I removed them and it worked again... but not 6 !!!!).
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Thank you!!!
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Hi Wolfman I have an update of the situation.
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(So, simply removing a DVD ROM I got RAM broken, maybe the Logic board, the hard disk too... maybe the FireWire 800 port too.... mmmm.... this mac is possessed! And it is connected through a professional power stabilizer too!).
So after several attempts with RAM, cmos reset, firmware reset (power it up holding the power on button for some seconds), etc... I got it working again...
So this time I rebooted it pressing "c" and I initialized the internal hard disk using the OSX DVD as boot drive...
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I tried to reboot again (with no "c" or "alt" pressing, hoping the internal boot hard disk working again): nothing!
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What is happening here??? I don't understand! I use computers (instable DOS/Windows computers mainly!!!) form about 18 years... never seen a so strange behaviour!!!
We'll try to gather money to replace the RAM, before thinking to a Logic Board replacement...
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