Replaced motherboard, now os doesnt recognize dvd.

[TBRANT69]

Hello,
replaced motherboard on my acer aspire laptop running vista sp2, now the dvd is not in device manager or my computer, it worked before and still powers on, ejects and spins. ive tried multiple fixes, removing upper and lower filters, etc. im at my wits end. any thoughts?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

try resetting the jumpers on the motherboard!

 

[TBRANT69]

Hello,
replaced motherboard on my acer aspire laptop running vista sp2, now the dvd is not in device manager or my computer, it worked before and still powers on, ejects and spins. ive tried multiple fixes, removing upper and lower filters, etc. im at my wits end. any thoughts?

thanks area51, ill try anything, how would i do the jumper reset?

 

[apache_lives]

perhaps reseat the dvd drive, reset cmos and update chipset drivers

what was wrong with your previous motherboard/laptop?

 

[pjmelect]

Does the Drive appear in the BIOS? If it doesn’t then you have a hardware problem. If it does then it is a problem with Windows. Reply with the answer so that I can help you further.

 

[TBRANT69]

apache, i have reseated drive several times, the motherboard had broken lcd connector. how would i reset cmos and update chipset drivers?
Pjmelect, the drive does not show up in bios.

 

[pjmelect]

If the drive does not show up in the BIOS you have a hardware problem. The fault is either with the motherboard or the drive its self. As the hard drive is recognised then I would suggest that it is the drive its self that is faulty or incorrectly connected.