DVD Writer Pioneer DVR-111 gone from hardware list after each rebo

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a ASUS DVD-ROM and a Pioneer DVR-111 installed on the IDE BUS on my
Asus Commando. Both drives are detected by the BIOS just fine and work
flawlessly. But everytime I start Vista the Pioneer is gone from the Hardware
list, I have to go to the Device Manager and Rightclick the DVD/CD-Rom drives
and select 'scan for hardware changes' then the drives comes up.
I have no idea how I can solve this but it's very very annoying.

 

[Guest]

falc410,

Take a look at this Microsoft publication to see whether is contains
anything that applies to your situation:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314060

Post back if you need to. Print it out and read carefully.

 

[Guest]

Hi freddy,

and thanks for the link. Sadly it didn't help me. Windows doesn't list the
device under the device manager until I 'scan for recent hardware changes'.
And the driver is from MS so I can't update it or install another one. The
device is also not disabled and not shown with question mark, it's like
invisible until I scan for those hardware changes.
Weird part is, if I go to Control Panel - Hardware and start looking for
Plug'n'Play Hardware it doesn't turn up, also under Computer Management the
drive isn't shown as well - until I 'scan for recent hardware changes'.