My IDE is reading as SCSI

[Mandy]

MY cd burner and dvd writer are both connected to an IDE
plug, and they are being acknowledged by xp as SCSI
devices. Neither one of them will burn with any program
that I try to use. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[FireFox]

Search the net for ATAPI, you might find something to help you there.
Some programs require ATAPI, but if I'm not mistaken XP doesn't include
ATAPI drivers. I can't be more helpful without more information.

FireFox

 

[Bob Willard]

MY cd burner and dvd writer are both connected to an IDE
plug, and they are being acknowledged by xp as SCSI
devices. Neither one of them will burn with any program
that I try to use. Anyone have any ideas?

When you connect IDE devices to a plug-in card, the BIOS of that
plug-in controller will usually present the IDE devices to the
OS as SCSI devices. And, many plug-in controllers do not support
any devices other than HDs.

So, try connecting your optical widgets to an on-board IDE
controller, instead of a plug-in card. If necessary, move one
of your HDs to that plug-in card.

 

[Guest]

When you connect IDE devices to a plug-in card, the BIOS of that
plug-in controller will usually present the IDE devices to the
OS as SCSI devices. And, many plug-in controllers do not support
any devices other than HDs.

So, try connecting your optical widgets to an on-board IDE
controller, instead of a plug-in card. If necessary, move one
of your HDs to that plug-in card.

more specific. My drives are plugged into the
controllers on the motherboard, not an additional card.
Do you have any other ideas?

 

[Bob Harris]

XP usually lumps all non-stand suff into "SCSI", including IDE-RAID and
SATA. Any chance that you have a RAID controller, intended for hard drives
of course, but are trying to use it for a CD or DVD device? My motherboard
has a separate controller for non-RAID devices, and that is where I
connected my DVD reader.

By the way, once recognized as a CD or DVD device, XP should automatically
load drivers to do reading. Writing usually requires some additional
software, whihc often comes with the burner hardware. Playing DVD movies
requires a software DVD player, which is not proivided by XP.