External Firewire Drive Ceases to be Detected After DVD Drive Installation

About a week ago, I replaced the original Pioneer DVR-103 drive in my Quicksilver 800 Mhz/dual G4 with a Pioneer DVR-115 to work with newer, faster media. After restarting the machine, I got an alert that told me my 80Gb Maxtor external firewire drive wouldn't initialize. The only real option it gives me is to reformat, thus losing valuable data. That's a non-starter. I've tried restarting the machine with the new DVR unplugged, but I get the same result. I've zapped the Pram, thinking it was a dirty pram, but no go. I've reset the nvram to default, using the command line, but no luck. The odd thing is that applications (like iTunes) continue to access the music files stored on it. I need this drive. Seagate support has been worthless. Any ideas?

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I thought maybe my drive was bad but I don't see how clearing CMOS would fix that. And the ONLY way I was able to get it to detect again was clearing CMOS.... sigh. And I really don't like doing that.

Hi
Have you tried uninstalling the drive in device manager, then letting it re install, also DVD drives often need additional drivers, which can be got from makers site.
Cheers
jocko

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I do have HP Pavilion dv7-1133cl after uisng Windows Recovery my Windows Vista does not want to recognize DVD drive.
When I have followed all advices what I have read here on chats I have find message:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code39)
I do not know what to do with this problem.
I will be really grateful for any help or advice what to do with it.
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This is usually caused by a known software issue and happens across the board will all computer manufacturers due to a conflict with media burning/ripping applications...
You can either run this file , go online to Microsoft's site for a fix, or manually fix it by following the instructions below:
Manually delete the registry entries
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
Note Before you use this method, uninstall all CD or DVD writing or recording programs. Deleting the corrupted registry entries might cause problems with any other CD or DVD writing or recording programs that are installed on your computer. Uninstalling these programs before you start will help you avoid any problems that removing the registry entries might cause. You can reinstall these programs after the problem is resolved.
This method provides step-by-step instructions for how to use Registry Editor to delete the following corrupted Registry entries:
UpperFilters
LowerFilters
Step 1: Start Registry EditorStart Registry Editor
Start Registry Editor...type "regedit" into the run box on the start menu.
Step 2: Delete the UpperFilters registry entry
In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Expand SYSTEM, and then expand CurrentControlSet.
Expand Control, and then expand Class.
Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.
In the details pane of Registry Editor, on the right side, click UpperFilters.
Note You may also see an UpperFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click UpperFilters only.
If you see the UpperFilters registry entry in the details pane of Registry Editor, go to step 6.
If you do not see the UpperFilters registry entry, you still might have to remove the LowerFilters registry entry. To do this, go to "Step 3: Delete the LowerFilters registry entry."
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
Click Yes when you receive the following message:Are you sure you want to delete this value?
Step 3: Delete the LowerFilters registry entry
In the details pane of Registry Editor, on the right side, click LowerFilters.
Note You might see a LowerFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click LowerFilters only.
If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content is unable to help you any more. Go to the "Next Steps" section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
Click Yes when you receive the following message:Are you sure you want to delete this value?The LowerFilters registry entry is removed.
Exit Registry Editor.
Step 4: Restart your computer
Restart your computer. After you have done this, try to access the CD or DVD drive. If you can access the CD or DVD drive, and if you do not receive an error message, the problem is resolved. You can reinstall your CD or DVD writing or recording software.

K7pro Bios doesn't detect my DVD drive

Hi, I'm very desapointed, so I try to contact directly the MSI home forum from France.
I use a K7 pro (6195) since 4 years
+ AMD Athlon 600 MHz 128 Mo ram and Win 98 2nd Ed
I bought a TOSHIBA DVD driver SD M1612 a year ago
Up to today, it was detected from time to time by old Bios (1.0 ? 2003/02) and sometimes it didn't work on windows : random detection in fact !
I read in FAQ that for the same problem with an other DVD drive (HITACHI) we should upgrate the Bios.
I did it with the V1.8 version for Win 98 SE downloaded in this site.
result : the DVD drive is no more at all detected by the BIOS, and by Windows of course.
I upgrated the IDE chipset driver (AMD 756) with a file found in the AMD site : V1.43 - no change.
Please Mr "MSI" what is the right solution in order I could use normally my DVD drive with your mother board ??????
Many thanks for a right answer.
James

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I've tried and tried to find the answer, so finally I post...
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