Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
on a new build computer.

Specs:
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
AMD AthlonXP 2500+
Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
All newest drivers and patches.

When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I put
ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When I
boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the HDD
to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
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Maybe try a better IDE cable (or even an UDMA100 one). I had a DVD slave
that would like to dissapear also. Until I put an UDMA100 cable on it. Just
a better signal I suppose.

"SteveD61" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jHgYa.18508$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
> on a new build computer.
>
> Specs:
> MSI K7N2G-ILSR
> AMD AthlonXP 2500+
> Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
> Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
> Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
> PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
> All newest drivers and patches.
>
> When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
> System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I
put
> ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When
I
> boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
> Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
> disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
> then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the
HDD
> to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
> starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>

OK,
Do you have the latest version of MSI Live running??

If so, close it down and see if ya drives work.

I have MSIKT4 Ultra, with DVD drive and DVD burner.

Working great until 2 weeks ago when I downloaded and installed latest
MSI Live.

After that, same problem as you.
Shut it down (and now stop it loading at boot up) and no probs at all.

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:03:27 GMT, "SteveD61"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
>on a new build computer.
>
>Specs:
>MSI K7N2G-ILSR
>AMD AthlonXP 2500+
>Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
>Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
>Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
>PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
>All newest drivers and patches.
>
>When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
>System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I put
>ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When I
>boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
>Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
>disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
>then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the HDD
>to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
>starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
>(E-Mail Removed)
>



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If this is a Nforce motherboard, make sure you are not using the Nforce IDE
controller driver. Use only the default MS controller driver.


"SteveD61" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jHgYa.18508$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
> on a new build computer.
>
> Specs:
> MSI K7N2G-ILSR
> AMD AthlonXP 2500+
> Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
> Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
> Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
> PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
> All newest drivers and patches.
>
> When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
> System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I
put
> ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When
I
> boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
> Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
> disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
> then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the
HDD
> to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
> starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>

Hopefully MSI will resolve this issue. I have seen it more times than I
care. WindowsXP with a MSI board and a burner=no joy.

"SteveD61" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jHgYa.18508$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
> on a new build computer.
>
> Specs:
> MSI K7N2G-ILSR
> AMD AthlonXP 2500+
> Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
> Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
> Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
> PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
> All newest drivers and patches.
>
> When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
> System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I
put
> ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When
I
> boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
> Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
> disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
> then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the
HDD
> to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
> starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:23:48 -0400, neopolaris pondered exceedingly, then took
quill in hand and carefully composed...

| Hopefully MSI will resolve this issue. I have seen it more times than I
| care. WindowsXP with a MSI board and a burner=no joy.

There is an update for MSI Live Update (3.51.00 dated Aug. 5). According to the
release note, "Fixed Bug: Access Optical Storage Drive fail under WinXP." This
will hopefully solve the problems.

Larc



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Separating himself from Baghdad Bob, "Dan G" <(E-Mail Removed)> whined:

>If this is a Nforce motherboard, make sure you are not using the Nforce IDE
>controller driver. Use only the default MS controller driver.


Horse pucky...






To reply by email, remove the XYZ.

Lumber Cartel (tinlc) #2063. Spam this account at your own risk.

It's your SIG, say what you want to say....

No, actually, it's not. The Nvidia controller drivers are well-known for
this exact sort of trouble, check any of the Nvidia and MB forums.
In fact, the Nvidia unified driver package no longer installs the driver in
Win2K and XP, due to all the problems. But many of the MB install CD's still
have older versions of the unified driver that do install the controller
driver.


"Never anonymous Bud" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Separating himself from Baghdad Bob, "Dan G" <(E-Mail Removed)> whined:
>
> >If this is a Nforce motherboard, make sure you are not using the Nforce
IDE
> >controller driver. Use only the default MS controller driver.
>
>
> Horse pucky...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To reply by email, remove the XYZ.
>
> Lumber Cartel (tinlc) #2063. Spam this account at your own risk.
>
> It's your SIG, say what you want to say....

I get the same problem when I install XP Pro when I am in Explorer the cdrw
disappears. I try to look at the driver for it in the system devices and it
reports a problem with the atapi device driver.

I can boot from cd fine to install XP pro.. I don't believe it is an MSI
problem. I do believe it is a compatibility problem with XP and newer
Atapi devices for some reason. I got around this by installing a recent
version NERO right away.

I didn't have a problem when i installed XP Pro and had a 48x cdrw

What I had not tried is installing Service Pack 1 right away.. maybe that
has atapi updates ?

I do not run any of the MSI software

my hardware
msi 6590 bluetooth,no firewire,sata/promise ide3
WD 60gig master, Maxtor 60gig slave on IDE1
52x cdrw on IDE2


"SteveD61" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jHgYa.18508$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope someone can help me with this problem. A new install of WindowsXP Pro
> on a new build computer.
>
> Specs:
> MSI K7N2G-ILSR
> AMD AthlonXP 2500+
> Kingston HyperX PC2700 DDR Ram 512megs
> Western Digital EIDE HDD 80gigs (master on IDE0)
> Ricoh DVD+R/RW (master on IDE1) and a Lite On 48x CDR/RW (slave on IDE1)
> PS2 Keyboard and Mouse
> All newest drivers and patches.
>
> When I boot into Windows I can see the DVD drive in Windows Explorerand in
> System Devices, everything looks ok, but I am unable to read anydisks I
put
> ito the drive. When I go to a dos prompt the drive is also notfound. When
I
> boot up with a CD or DVD in the drive I am able to read theDVD fine in
> Windows Explorer and at a dos prompt until I reboot and forgetto leave a
> disk in the drive. I have tried swapping the CDR/RW and DVD+R/RWdrives and
> then Windows can't read the CDR/RW drive. I have also tried changing the
HDD
> to IDE1 and the DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW drives to IDE0, also no good.This is
> starting to drive me a little batty ifanyone can help thanksin
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>

Thanks Larc.

"Larc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:23:48 -0400, neopolaris pondered exceedingly, then
took
> quill in hand and carefully composed...
>
> | Hopefully MSI will resolve this issue. I have seen it more times than
I
> | care. WindowsXP with a MSI board and a burner=no joy.
>
> There is an update for MSI Live Update (3.51.00 dated Aug. 5). According
to the
> release note, "Fixed Bug: Access Optical Storage Drive fail under WinXP."
This
> will hopefully solve the problems.
>
> Larc
>
>
>
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