COMPAQ F700 STRANGE DVD DRIVE QUESTION

Hello all--I have a F700 notebook that works great however--When i boot my computer fresh i get a white cursor blinking in the upper left side that hangs for about 2 minutes then Vista boots--What i did notice is When i go into device manager my DVD drive isnt listed--So i do a scan in device manager and bingo it finds my dvd drive and it works 100%!!! The main issue i'm having is when i boot up fresh--Thats whene vista doesnt see the dvd drive!
I just formatted my HD and reinstalled Vista fresh loaded everything on and still same thing!
When i take the dvd drive OUT of the notebook Then reboot--I dont get the white cursor blinking and Vista boots normal? What would cause this!! BTW--> I have a spare DVD drive here and that too does the same thing!!! Same exact thing!!!
Strange--unless i'm missing something!! LOL After a fresh reboot there is no dvd drive listed in device manager or anywhere else in Vista (UNLESS I DO A HARDWARE SCAN in device manager--Then bingo its up and working 100%!! LIKE NEW!
I tried to update the drivers for the DVD drive--It told me that i had the lastest drivers
I even looked in the registry for the LOW AND UP FILTERS--None of that was in there!!!
Thanks for any help!! Have a great day!! MARK

I have had the same problem as well. I was able to correct it. Here are some options:
Put a couple of different DVD's into the drive.
I know you said it doesn't show up in the Device Manager. Go back to the Device Manger and right-click on IDE adapters and select Scan for changes.
Let me know if either of these work.

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It looks like the part number is the same. As long as the part number is the same, it is essentially the same part and should work without any issues. The only time that part may not work is if the part number is different. If any part is different from another part (firmware, hardware, etc.), it will have a different part number. As long as 461646-6C2 is the same on both, there shouldn't be any issue with replacing the drive.
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