Blu Ray not working off raid card....

[stephenstud]

Thank you for looking at my problem I put in a a sata card for my friend, and a blu-ray burner. But for some reason the computer seems to see it as a cd drive. I open computer and it says BD drive, and I can click eject. It will open but will not see any dvd I put in. The sata card is Silicon Image Sil3512 2-Port Serial ATA PCI Controller Card, and the blu-ray is LG WH14NS40K. Is this card only for hard drives? Thanks for any help!

 

[abbadon_34]

is it detected by actual programs? can you burn with a burning program like imgburn? sometimes OS default thinking you MUST be trying to play an audio cd, dumb i know.

 

[stephenstud]

No, it will not burn, read or anything.....

 

[abbadon_34]

i have a very similar drive and when i click "computer" it lists BD-ROM then CD DRIVE . Is that the same as you?

But I use it all time with IMGBURN and other programs. What programs have you tried using? Or are you just trying to use inside explorer?

 

[stephenstud]

i have a very similar drive and when i click "computer" it lists BD-ROM then CD DRIVE . Is that the same as you?

Yes!!

But I use it all time with IMGBURN and other programs. What programs have you tried using? Or are you just trying to use inside explorer?

I didnt even bother trying to open IMGBURN, because I put in a dvd it will not even start to spin?

 

[abbadon_34]

well try and see what happens

 

[stephenstud]

IMGBURN see the burner, and when I put in a dvd it says the device isn't ready or medium not present, door closed.

 

[abbadon_34]

http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?pid=29

Say it supports optical drives, have you checked on drivers and bios? Tried different settings in the card's bios?

Double check the obvious little things, like a different disc, a full reset, etc.

If possible try the burner and/or card on another machine, it may just be DOA and those cards usually made pretty cheaply.

 

[stephenstud]

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