new dvd-rw

[Guest]

l have fitted a new dvd-rw l got for xmas and l replaced it wire for wire
from my old dvd-r and now ive lost my cd and dvd drives can anyone help please

 

[Guest]

Use the installation disk/CD that came with it, didn't it?

 

[RonK]

Check the jumper settings on the drives.


You need one set as Master and the other set to Slave

 

[deebs]

Check the jumper settings on the drives.


You need one set as Master and the other set to Slave

Visit the brandholders website for upto date drivers n stuff (and
manuals?) it they were not in the box with the drive

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Visit the brandholders website for upto date drivers n stuff (and
manuals?) it they were not in the box with the drive

Normally, most CD / DVD drives (burner included) do not need a driver to be
installed. They use the standard MS drivers that exist in XP. You need to
install the included DVD creation tools since Microsoft has not made XP to
burn DVD media natively.

 

[Bernd M. Walter]

stenise:

l have fitted a new dvd-rw l got for xmas and l replaced it wire for wire
from my old dvd-r and now ive lost my cd and dvd drives can anyone

help please

On the back side of your drive are some jumper, with them you are able
to setup the drive for a master or slave drive. Normally those drives
are deliverd as master drives and I think, that your old drive is
configured as an slave. So you have to swiech the new one as an slave
too. Mostly on the top or bottom of the drive there is a drawing how to
do that.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You might have better luck if you replied to the original message instead of
posting a new thread.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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[Brett Caton]

Normally, most CD / DVD drives (burner included) do not need a driver to be
installed. They use the standard MS drivers that exist in XP. You need to
install the included DVD creation tools since Microsoft has not made XP to

I had a similar problem with a cd and dvd drive. They appear then
disappear in device manager. I was told that i might be hitting a
problem with windows has with managing multiple devices, as it worked
fine in Ubuntu.

So i bought an ASUS 1608p2s. I could install windows from it but not use
it for installing games (STOP errors) or burning etc. I formatted and
reinstalled and the DVD-RW drive appeared, and i tested itby installing
and playing a game from cd. That was fine. Watched a DVD. fine. Tried
installing a game (Civ 4) from DVD. Bam. It was like i'd pulled the
power plug.

I'm thinking of trying to copy files from DVD onto ubuntu. Maybe my
powerpack is inadequate for the load when the DVD is full speed? It's
wattage is obscured and due to the way the case is constructed, getting
it out is going to be a pain. I have a spare but it's for an intel p4
(1300 i think)and this is an amd athlon 1400 and i don't know if that's
compatible or what. However, if it worked under ubuntu, wouldn't that
imply it's a windows XP issue and not a hardware problem?

Help! I promised my gf a working xp box a week ago and I have scabby
knees and elbows from all the fiddling around on the floor with this
horrid hellbeast of a pc. :*)

Can anyone tell me if they have seen this before and know what the fix
is? Is there a log file which might tell me what the fault was that gave
me a BSOD? I'll write down the stop error if i see it again but this
time it flashed by before poof! back to power off.

Brett Caton.