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Have got a couple of problems that may or may not be connected.
Have got Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 mobo, Maxtor 6Y160M0 SATA HD, Philips PCRW1208
& LG GSA 4081B DVD writer.
Previously all was well running Windows XP pro with SP2 on a 40gb Samsung
HD. Since upgrading to the SATA drive have had various problems. This was a
clean install with a slipstreamed SP2 CD. First of all the DVD drive would
not read any disc at all. The LED would come on when a disc inserted & spin
up but Windows Explorer would not show contents. The drive appears OK in
device manager. Shortly afterwards the CD did the same thing. After many
uninstalls of hardware, changing drivers, cables & BIOS settings the drives
recognise most discs. The ones it has difficulty with are some CD's that I
previously created. Either get the message "disc not present" or "incorrect
parameter (87)"
The other problem is with boot-up time: it takes 5-6 minutes! The machine
fires up, goes through POST OK, displays the Windows XP screen, modem lights
come on for a while then go out. Then it sits there, seemingly doing nothing.
Then one modem light comes on followed by a bit of disc activity, a further
pause then it boots correctly. I have run the Microsoft BootVis utility & it
appears to stick when loading USB drivers. If I disable all USB devices it
boots in 36 seconds.
There are several posts relating to the DVD/CD reading issue but no
definitive answer.
If I plug the old Samsung drive back in & reset BIOS to defaults still have
CD/DVD problems but boot up time is slightly better. I have also installed
basic Windows XP installation with no service packs to a spare HD. The only
thing added was GFX card drivers & still have problems with CD/DVD. I can
copy files to CD via Nero 6 which reports was done succesfully but unable to
read disc from Windows.
It is like something has physically "damaged" both Cd & DVD drives. Is that
possible just from installing new HD?
I am unsure as to wether fault lies with Motherboard, BIOS, drives, or
software. I think my next options will be either upgrade BIOS or firmware to
Cd & DVD.
Anybody have any thoughts/ideas to assist in this? Sorry if it is a bit long
& rambling!
cheers
Have got a couple of problems that may or may not be connected.
Have got Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 mobo, Maxtor 6Y160M0 SATA HD, Philips PCRW1208
& LG GSA 4081B DVD writer.
Previously all was well running Windows XP pro with SP2 on a 40gb Samsung
HD. Since upgrading to the SATA drive have had various problems. This was a
clean install with a slipstreamed SP2 CD. First of all the DVD drive would
not read any disc at all. The LED would come on when a disc inserted & spin
up but Windows Explorer would not show contents. The drive appears OK in
device manager. Shortly afterwards the CD did the same thing. After many
uninstalls of hardware, changing drivers, cables & BIOS settings the drives
recognise most discs. The ones it has difficulty with are some CD's that I
previously created. Either get the message "disc not present" or "incorrect
parameter (87)"
The other problem is with boot-up time: it takes 5-6 minutes! The machine
fires up, goes through POST OK, displays the Windows XP screen, modem lights
come on for a while then go out. Then it sits there, seemingly doing nothing.
Then one modem light comes on followed by a bit of disc activity, a further
pause then it boots correctly. I have run the Microsoft BootVis utility & it
appears to stick when loading USB drivers. If I disable all USB devices it
boots in 36 seconds.
There are several posts relating to the DVD/CD reading issue but no
definitive answer.
If I plug the old Samsung drive back in & reset BIOS to defaults still have
CD/DVD problems but boot up time is slightly better. I have also installed
basic Windows XP installation with no service packs to a spare HD. The only
thing added was GFX card drivers & still have problems with CD/DVD. I can
copy files to CD via Nero 6 which reports was done succesfully but unable to
read disc from Windows.
It is like something has physically "damaged" both Cd & DVD drives. Is that
possible just from installing new HD?
I am unsure as to wether fault lies with Motherboard, BIOS, drives, or
software. I think my next options will be either upgrade BIOS or firmware to
Cd & DVD.
Anybody have any thoughts/ideas to assist in this? Sorry if it is a bit long
& rambling!
cheers