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.

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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.
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Opened up the case drive set to master, plugged into master IDE cable, verified this in the BIOS.
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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).
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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?
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