IDE dvd/cd drive replacement

can I replace my IDE dvd/cd rw drive with a SATA drive?
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P965 NEO Slow IDE DVD/CD drive

Ok,
I've read some of the articles on problems with CD readers/writers not working or working very slow using this MOBO.
Here is my problem
I have a SATA hd that has my windows xp OS and it works fine. I installed it from the CD rom no problem.
The only problem I have is the CD/DVD rom appears to work very slowly in Windows.
****I am not running any raid devices.****
Should I have to install a JMICRO driver just to get my CD/DVD writer to function properly? I looked for a driver using the links I found in this forum but didn't find any. Im not sure if I even need one.
Has anyone solved this problem that isn't using Raid? I'd rather not install a driver if I do not need it.
Thanks,
JIm

Quote from: gungadin_ on 05-December-06, 04:42:30
After my current install is done I'm going to try this driver that remus suggests. As he had the identical problem I have. I tried that link above but it aimed at a 64bit driver? Not sure about that one if this doesnt work Illl try that one.
The problem is solved now (I had to waste enough time for that ...).
The solution: http://www.dieselbenz.info/JMB36X_WinDrv_Beta_R1.17.04.00.rar
It's a beta driver, but this is the answer to all "jMicron on MSI" bugs.
With that driver I was able to write a full CD at 48X and a full DVD at 8X without any error.
p.s.
A little piece of advice for MSI team:
The current v1.5 BIOS and jMicron driver are buggy (talking about MSI P965-Neo) !
You have to solve this problem as faster as you can because is very annoying and you'll lose customers !
Remus M
(an old MSI fan)
I was seriously bashing my head until I found your post. Even the drivers found on Live Update didn't work. These betas are the shiz. Thanks!

P35 Neo2-fr cannot unable to show IDE Dvd-rw in XP

Hi guys, i have 2 SATA hdd, 1 Sata DVD-rw and 1 IDE dvd-rw drives.
With P35 NEo2-fr, everything is detected except the IDE dvd-rw drive. Both Master and Slave mode are tried, still it was of no use.
Help , thanks.

Jumper it as cable select.
Also ensure data{in properly direction} and power cable are connected.

Sony IDE DVD Drive not being recognized

Motherboard : P7n-SLI-FI
MS-7380
I recently upgraded my computer a bit with this new motherboard, ram, video cards, power supply. I used my older dvd drive that was working in my last computer. It is currently connected via IDE ribbon, but it does not show up in my computer or when I put in a CD does not auto run.
The unit does have power to it ( The eject button works, light on front blinks a little )
In BIOS I tried changing the IDE primary from AUTO to DVD/CD Drive and it still did not work.
Any suggestions ? Buy a new dvd drive that is SATA ?
Thanks

Also check the jumpers on the IDE optical drive so as they are set in Master mode as its the only IDE device in the system, assuming that you have a SATA hard drive, or if your hard drive is also an IDE one then you have to set the jumper to run as a Slave mode.

Using IDE DVD drives on a MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard

I am upgrading from a previous build and I want to keep my 2 slot loading DVD/R drives, but they are both IDE.
I tried using a PCI to IDE card from Bytech but that didn't work well. I think my best chance will be with a SATA to IDE converter.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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I am upgrading from a previous build and I want to keep my 2 slot loading DVD/R drives, but they are both IDE.
You mean (flat cable) P-ATA drives? IDE can be associated as both S-ATA & P-ATA drives. Search the net for suitable converters & adapters. Maybe keep the old system for a backup rig. Upgrading to newer systems using older parts & PSU's is often not such a good idea.

Annoying IDE DVD Drive problem...

Hi
I just put together a new gaming system yesterday. However I've been having an annoying problem so far with my IDE LG DVD writer not being able to read CDs/DVDs properly.
I try to install different games/programs and after a lil while I'll get an error saying"FileError: retry?" I have tried using the setup files with autorun disabled.
My specs are-
MSI K8n NEO4 Mobo
1 Gig Corsair Ram
300 Gig SATA MAxtor HD
256mb XFX GF 7800GT
A64 3500+
So here is what I've tried so far.
Opened up the case drive set to master, plugged into master IDE cable, verified this in the BIOS.
Windows installed fine on the same dvd writer drive with no errors at all. It seems only after installing the Nforce IDE drivers that this occurred. I tried removing just the Nforce IDE drivers using add/remove programs but the problem still persists. I am sure this dvd writer works as it works in other computers and successfully installed windows onto the machine, I then tried reinstalling windows a second time just to make sure...same problem. When the Nforce driver was installed I checked and it said ultradma 33. I put it in PIO and the same problem continued.
I know for a fact my cds are good as they are all originals and work in other machines with no scratches.
After removing the Nforce IDE drivers the Windows IDE drivers installed and I rebooted, same problem.
I am really stumped here all I have in the PC are 1 SATA Hard Drive and 1 IDE DVD writer connected to their respective master cables and proper jumper settings...everything looks good in the BIOS.
One other thing I also have an external USB 2.0 Dvd Writer, I use this on another machine. I tried it as well in the machine and I get the same problem. I know it isn't the USB connection since I have other devices on the USB that work fine.
Any ideas? :S

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It seems only after installing the Nforce IDE drivers that this occurred. I tried removing just the Nforce IDE drivers using add/remove programs but the problem still persists. I am sure this dvd writer works as it works in other computers and successfully installed windows onto the machine, I then tried reinstalling windows a second time just to make sure...same problem. When the Nforce driver was installed I checked and it said ultradma 33. I put it in PIO and the same problem continued.
Your problem is in the nvidia drivers ... you should not uninstall the drivers via add/remove programs but instead go to system >> hardware >> IDE >> properties >> update driver >> choose a driver >> ms or "native", then reboot (in English slightly other wordings might be used).
Regards,
Hans

DKA790GX Plat with SATA + IDE DVD drives

I have been running my mb with 2 x SATA HDs and 2 x IDE DVD. No problem.
In (re)building on older computer I had the need for an IDE DVD drive as the SATA was too new so I swapped out one of the IDE from my DKA790GX.
Now I can get the SATA DVD to work fine on the DKA790GX but NOT the IDE. It seems to be working OK as it makes all the same noises as the SATA when I put in a disk. I have tried moving Jumpers and different IDE cable but can not get it to work.
In itself it is no big deal but I kinda like having an IDE around as it has got me out of scrapes a couple of times.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Alan

Quote from: Fredrik on 20-December-09, 09:15:08
Perhaps it got damaged during the move. Have you tested it in your other system lately?
Thank you for the polite and quick answering! We would however like some more info. about the system you are talking about. PSU, processor, memory, graphics card.
Thanks Fredrik always a possibility its damaged will try it later in the original PC it came from.
Here is the set up that does not work with PATA-IDE DVD drive:
OCZ 4GB PC2-8500 Platinum (2x2GB) - Part: OCZ2P10664GK, 1066MHz, CL 5-5-5-18, Lifetime Warranty
AMD Phenom Quad 9950 2.6GHz (Retail AM2+) - HD995ZXAGHBOX, 125W
MSI DKA790GX PLATINUM AMD® 790GX Socket AM2+ Motherboard
Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 3450 Passive Dual Heatpipe 512MB PCI-E2.0 - Part: CGAX-3452, 600Mhz Core, 800Mhz DDR2 Memory, 64-Bit Memory Interface
Thanks Alan

785GTM-E45 SATA (AHCI) HDD and IDE DVD drive cannot be used together

I have bought 785GTM-E45, and installed a sata hdd and a IDE dvd drive on it. the sata is set to ahci mode. After install xp using f6 method and install all the drivers, I cannot find the dvd drive at all in windows. I have to go into bios to set the sata ports back to IDE model to make the dvd appear again.
Anyone knows the reason? It looks like a bios bug. I am using the new v8 bios.

Quote from: vm1 on 06-October-09, 00:12:31
It is just annoying that this board has so many issues. No vcore change, no gpu voltage change, v8 bios will freeze if entering processor details, and the issue in this current topic. I have used at least three other brands' boards and never had any issue before. Oh my, MSI...
MSI bashing is NOT allowed
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You could have read the manual before buying, then you would have known it's a cheap office board.

Problem with IDE DVD drive

Hey guys. I just built a desktop and I've been having some problems recognizing my hardware. I've got a SATA hard drive and it works fine, but my IDE dvd burner isn't recognized. It doesn't show up under /dev/ and lspci -v returns
03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6121 (rev b1) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6121
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at cc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at c880 [size=4]
I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
I/O ports at c480 [size=4]
I/O ports at c400 [size=16]
Memory at fe9ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
I'm running an Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 on an MSI p35 platinum motherboard with 64 bit Arch installed. The drive gave me some problems when I installed arch; I could boot the CD, but once I tried to install any packages it told me that no CD drive was found, so I had to install from FTP. I'd really like to have 64bit Arch on this computer, so I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks.
-Kenny

I have the LiteOn DVD burner, and encounter the same problem as you. Tried everything suggested by others, nothing worked. Finally got it to install when I changed the memory settings from 667 to 400.

IDE/DVD drive problem

I just set up my new Neo4-F board and I'm having problems with the DVD/CDRW drive I have installed. When I first installed it on IDE2 as the master, Windows installed just fine and so did a bunch of driver updates. After I powered down and turned it back on later, I found that inserting a CD into the drive would cause a BSOD. I tried numerous things, including reinstalling Windows to get it to work. Reinstalling Windows did get it to work again, but then after a power down it started to BSOD on me again. So I moved the drive to the IDE1 slave position and everything seems to work except it doesn't recognize DVDs. I'm fairly sure the drive is not damaged since it worked on the last machine it was installed in.
I also tried using a different CDRW drive to see what would happen. First I put that in IDE2/Master position, and it worked, but Windows took a long time to load. So I'm convinced since drives do work on that spot and that the original DVD/CDRW drive was able to work until a power cycle, that there's something wrong with the IDE2 spot and/or my motherboard in general. I'm concerned that if I buy a new drive that it also won't work. Everything is recognized correctly in Windows and in the BIOS, and there are no conflicts reported in Windows. Any ideas as to why my DVD drive doesn't seem to want to work?
Thanks.

I wanted to check the firmware version but I'm not sure how to go about that. I'm pretty sure it's the most recent as the latest firmware update on Samsung's website is from 2003. Although it could be longer than I want to admit/can remember since I got this drive. The reason I think the IDE2 port might be problematic is that the CDRW drive I put in there worked without crashing, but had the not so nice habit of adding an extra 30+ seconds to the Windows load time. And I know the drive works, and it's being detected just fine in the BIOS and in Windows. It also reads CDs fine (but seems to be picky about what CDR/Ws it reads).
I should just pick up a DVDRW drive from a local store and see if that works in there. If not I can always return it. Unless anyone else has any ideas? I should also ask while I'm at it, is it normal to have more than one Primary IDE, Secondary IDE channel and Standard Duel Channel PCI IDE controller listed in device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers? I have three of each. Shouldn't there only be one of each?
My only other option I think would be to get a SATA drive and bypass the IDE altogether. But that's a more expensive option I'd like to avoid if at all possible.
Thanks again.

T60 HDD res. partition, USB ports and DVD-RAM drive no longer recognizing data/media!

I have a base installation of the IBM T60.. I made no modifications to the setup or configuration of how the HDD is structured nor have I downloaded and installed any strange drivers... only automatically downloaded drivers from Microsoft update and manually downloaded driver updates from the Lenovo website.
One day everything was working fine. Next day, my USB devices, reserved partition (can't remember what this is called) and the DVD-RAM drive stopped working but power was still getting to these devices.
My DVD-RAM drive is seen as a DVD-RAM on first bootup. When I insert a CD or DVD media in the drive, the Explorer tree changes DVD-RAM to CD-ROM in the Explorer (really strange). It behaves like there is no media in the drive. Cannot boot with that drive either.
In addition, I have external USB HDD and Flash drives as well. None of them work on this T60 anymore.
When I plug in an external USB HDD or Flash drive, I get "not formatted" error message and a prompt to format my drives?!
I tested these USB external drives on a desktop machine and verified that they are working 100% fine. So the problem has something to do with my IBM/Lenovo T60.
It almost seems like something broke on the motherboard perhaps? I downloaded and installed the latest BIOS updates as well to no avail. Please help. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration of this issue.
Message Edited by bodmaster on 07-18-2008 09:51 PM
Message Edited by bodmaster on 07-18-2008 09:52 PM
Message Edited by bodmaster on 07-18-2008 09:52 PM

Anyone have any ideas? *praying*

DVD optical drive no longer works with Windows under bootcamp or parallels

For some strange reason, the DVD optical drive- Optiarc 5680 on my 27" iMac, no longer works anymore with Windows under Parallels or Bootcamp. It used to work perfectly fine before, but now it just shows up with a yellow exclamation mark under Device Manager and Code 39 "Windows cannot load the device driver..."
The DVD drive continues to still work fine with OSX. But it won't work anymore under Windows via Parallels or bootcamp, despite trying to uninstall the optical device drivers, update, reinstall, etc. Anybody else experiencing this or have any ideas?

Finally found the solution for anybody else who runs into this problem. It was solved by doing a registry mod in Windows from this site:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems
described in “My CD drives have vanished (from Explorer, Device Manager, etc.)”
After applying the registry changes the DVD optical drive worked instantly again with Windows....sigh...guess I can't blame the Mac on this one.

CD/DVD Drive only reads DVDS Not CD But the computer reads it as a DVD RW Drive!

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My toshiba tecra a2 can only read DVDs. I cant read any type of cd. Ive tried so many things. My laptop is running on xp service pack 3 with a mat**bleep**a DVD RAm UJ 820s. I can burn/run any type of DVD but cant do anything with cds. Ive tried unistalling the drive and that didnt work. Ive uninstalled the IDE drivers and that didnt work. Nothing seams to work. I cant use recovery cds because there CDS. Please Help!!!!!!!!!
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Fire wire or usb Connection for external disk dvd disk drive

is it worth the extra money buying a external dvd re-wrighter with fire wire connection rather than the traditional usb connection? would it work like a normal disk drive as my internal dvd/cd drive is broken.

Thanks SCB and malcom
Ive got a budget of around £100 to spend and have been looking at a lacie dvd+16x light scribe 4.7gb/8.5gb with fire wire. Any idea if there any good?
Pioneer any models i should be looking for?
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ITunes 7.3.1 under VISTA causes DVD/CD driver conflicts or blockage !!!!!!!

After installing iTunes under VISTA I noticed that both of my DVD/CD drives were missing. Device manager shows a conflict or blockage causing the drivers not to start.
I tried iTunes 7.3.1 on another PC with VISTA and it did the same thing. I had to remove iTunes since it basically disables by DVD and CD drives. Any ideas?

Actually everything is working just fine after I had
uninstalled iTunes 7.3.1. Oh, I didn't have error
code 31 but just for your information it was 10.
Please don't give bad advice to people or perhaps to
some that don't even know what regedit is or will
even do for that matter. Apple should be able to
put together a script that will get the job done
correctly without having the enduser try a dangerous
tool.
I love how you're asking for help, and then refusing the help provided. Regedit is complex, but that article goes through it step by step, and even gets you to export the specific registry tree that you will be working on, so you can set the registry back to how it was before.
However, the regedit fix that was mentioned earlier would be the easiest thing to go through. If you go through the steps and it doesn't work, try going through the exact same steps again, except skip the step where is says to enter 'GEARAspiWDM' in the UpperFilters. If you just leave UpperFilters blank, and restart the computer, the CD drive should re-appear, and iTunes should work (but give you a message saying that you'll be unable to import or burn CD's... although most of the time you still can anyways). If it doesn't work, you can always import the registry tree back to how it was before, and close out of that scary regedit program.

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