DVD-ROM as slave won't play DVD, computer freezes

[Guest]

I recently installed a new dvd writer as the master on teh secondary ide and
moved teh dvd-rom to the slave. the slave drive will no longer play dvd's.
it will play cd's/rom. how do i fix this

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Check the jumpers on the rear of the drive are configured correctly.

 

[Guest]

Yes. The new DVD writer is master and the previous master(DVD ROM) is now
the slave. as soon as i eject the disc the computer unfreezes

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Disconnect the old DVD Rom. Does everything seem to work correctly without
it?

 

[Guest]

yes, everything runs fine without the dvd rom connected. Everything runs
fine while it is connected too...except for dvd's in this drive. cd's
cd-rom's all work okay in this drive, just not dvd's. I tried it alone
also...worked okay

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You might try an uninstall and reinstall of your DVD decoding software with
both drives in place... XP certainly does not have a problem per se with
multiple DVD drives - in my husband's PC there is a CD burner, a DVD Rom and
a DVD burner and it runs with no problems, but occasionally you will see
postings where one drive simply does not like to co-exist with another.
There does not seem to be any real reason why, just one of those things.