Weird Problem with CDRW/DVDRW

[Walter Wu]

Encountered some very strange problem lately.

Had a CDRW and DVD+RW installed on my WindowsXP Pro computer for some time
and had no problem using the CDRW and DVDRW drive previously.

Yesterday, both drive are not functioning under WindowsXP but are shown with
a yellow exclamation mark under Hardware Devices. It says that it wasn't
able to load the drivers for the drives.

Tried to do a roll-back on the drivers but no previous drivers were
available.

Tried to do a system restore to a date, I know, the drives were working and
WindowsXP reports the restore was unsucessful. System restore to a point
earlier in the day (probably the drives were out) as successful.

Uninstall the CD and DVD drives and rebooted, WindowsXP recognises the
drives and automatically install the drivers for it but with the same yellow
exclamation mark.

The only thing I had, recently, done was updated the Nvidia video drivers
via Windows Update to Nov-03 and had roll-back the video drivers but the
same result.

My friend had a similar problem but his was his ADSL USB Modem with dial-up
and the dial-up is missing/disabled.

Help!

 

[Lester Stiefel]

What type of system or mobo are you using? Try updating
the system or mobo drivers with the current drivers. If that
doesn't work you may need to upgrade the BIOS. Also try copy
backup of your documents folder then format reinstall of
windows. add programs one by one until you find a program or
two that interracts withe these. Sometimes duplicate
filenames will mess up devices or software, keeping them
from operating.

Encountered some very strange problem lately.

Had a CDRW and DVD+RW installed on my WindowsXP Pro computer for some time
and had no problem using the CDRW and DVDRW drive previously.

Yesterday, both drive are not functioning under WindowsXP but are shown with
a yellow exclamation mark under Hardware Devices. It says that it wasn't
able to load the drivers for the drives.

Tried to do a roll-back on the drivers but no previous drivers were
available.

Tried to do a system restore to a date, I know, the drives were working and
WindowsXP reports the restore was unsucessful. System restore to a point
earlier in the day (probably the drives were out) as successful.

Uninstall the CD and DVD drives and rebooted, WindowsXP recognises the
drives and automatically install the drivers for it but with the same yellow
exclamation mark.

The only thing I had, recently, done was updated the Nvidia video drivers
via Windows Update to Nov-03 and had roll-back the video drivers but the
same result.

My friend had a similar problem but his was his ADSL USB Modem with dial-up
and the dial-up is missing/disabled.

Help!

Lester Stiefel

Isaiah 55:10 & 11

God's word will always yield a harvest!!

 

[Walter Wu]

Thanks Lester.

WindowsXP detects the CDRW and DVDRW drives no problem.

What it doesn't do is to load the drivers for the drives (now).

Checked under the properties-drivers of the CDRW and DVDRW shows the 2
windows drivers OK while the rest is unchecked.

Regards
Walter Wu

What type of system or mobo are you using? Try updating
the system or mobo drivers with the current drivers. If that
doesn't work you may need to upgrade the BIOS. Also try copy
backup of your documents folder then format reinstall of
windows. add programs one by one until you find a program or
two that interracts withe these. Sometimes duplicate
filenames will mess up devices or software, keeping them
from operating.




Lester Stiefel

Isaiah 55:10 & 11

God's word will always yield a harvest!!


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[Walter Wu]

Seems like the problem is from the Mobo.

On cold boot, when to setup and setting up boot up priority, the CD Drive
option is also with an exclamation mark instead of the + mark.

What is the best way to rectify this. Buy a separate ATA IDE card?

Regards
Walter Wu