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by joydeepchawla Accepted solution
by kim_forbes Accepted solution
Foremost - what is your motherboard? If it is a foxconn A690GM2MA -forget it! I had this issue with that mobo for 4 months or so....
If they are on the same PATA channel (i.e both on the same ATA "ribbon cable" connection):
1. Try setting the jumpers in your Optical Drives - one to master, one to slave. There should be a picture of the settings on each drive
2. If that doesn't work, try them both as "Cable Select"
3. If that doesn't work, try each drive alone to see if it is a drive fault, then try the below:
As a last resort try one drive on one ATA channel (say along with your hard drive if not a SATA drive) and the second on your second channel (if this is possible on your mobo of course).
Hope this helps
by david.wallis Accepted solution
by kim_forbes Accepted solution
And it came down to a faulty PATA connection on the motherboard. My resolution was to connect only ONE drive to the PATA connector, and I purchased a SATA DVD Writer. Hence my advice for testing in my earlier suggestion.
Just because the BIOS and OS read the device as operating does not mean it is in some circumstances.
For example, the issue I had was that both drives were read as DVD-R drives in my system's BIOS and OS, but upon inserting a DVD (a movie for example or data DVD) it would start reading as a CD-R drive in Explorer and would not read the disc.
This of course also depends on how old the drives are...perhaps the lasers could be dead in this case?
Best of Luck!
by older mycroft Accepted solution
Try the 'problem' discs in another computer first. There's little point in condemning the drives to the scrapheap if they are not the problem.
Also - you posted that they're NOT RECOGNIZED. Not recognized as what? What are you expecting from them when you insert them into the drive(s)?
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