Installing LG DVD RAM Drive Missing CM_DEVCAP_UNIQUEID

[Guest]

I installed the DVD on a Dell XPS400. Dell wants all DVD's to be installed as
Cable select. So I tried that first. When this message was in the Device
Details under Capibilies I called LG. They were no help and did not
understand what this means. After my research I now know that this means
that the DVD or CDROM inf file that installs as PNP Does not see the
Equipment ID. I have reinstalled Windows Media Center 2005 and now I am
concidering updating the chipset from the Dell verision which is 7.0.0 to the
Intel verison of 7.3.1.10. My chipset is 945G/GZ/P/PL. So now the system is
set up with SATA Maxtor in Primary - LG DVD Ram in Drive 0 and NEC DVD R/RW
in Drive 1 as LG in Master and Nec in Slave. However I before I go any
further with the driver installs of course I need to decide if it would
matter regarding the updated version of the chipset.
Sorry this is so long I have worked on this for over two weeks. Now short
of throwing out the new LG I need to learn more about any options. Such as
with DevCon.exe the command line utility. I need help as you can see. Thank
you for taking your time to read this..

 

[Guest]

I left out a couple of details that might be helpful.
First I did get the Fimware update and second this is a GSA-H10L HLDT ST
DVDRAM.
There is something else that is a puzzle. I have a program called Everest
which gives me all the details of my system. In the report I can see that
the NEC shows up under the Optical Drive Properties as NEC DVD +RW/DVD -R/W
Interface ATAPI and it also shows all the read and writing speeds. However
the LG only shows Device Properties and Device Manufacturer. Now before I
did the Reinstall I had Nero 7.7 installed and the Info Tool shows both
drives with both serial numbers and all read and write speeds. So why isn't
Windows seeing the same information?

 

[RobinS]

Post your message to a newsgroup with "windows" in the description. They
are at the bottom of the dropdown list in the MS Discussion Group
interface. This is a .Net Programming newsgroup.

Robin S.