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From: Tinkerer on 12 Feb 2010 06:01 Can anyone suggest why this is happening. With a friend we recently built a PC which has a Gigabyte Mobo with 4 SATA connections, 1 IDE and 4GB of RAM. Two optical drives from his previous PC were installed on the IDE connection. One was a CD-RW and the other was a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW drive would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs although the CD-RW drive worked fine. He assumed that the DVD-RW drive, which was elderly, was faulty and replaced it with a new SATA DVD-RW drive. The same symptoms were still present i.e. CD-RW drive worked fine but the new DVD-RW drive would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs. On a whim he disconnected the CD-RW drive and immediately the DVD-RW recognised, and recorded to, recordable CDs. Is there something in the motherboard, or Windows XP, that would cause this effect when two recordable drives are present? It seems very odd. -- Tinkerer
From: John McGaw on 12 Feb 2010 09:08 On 2/12/2010 6:01 AM, Tinkerer wrote: > Can anyone suggest why this is happening. With a friend we recently built > a PC which has a Gigabyte Mobo with 4 SATA connections, 1 IDE and 4GB of > RAM. Two optical drives from his previous PC were installed on the IDE > connection. One was a CD-RW and the other was a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW drive > would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs although the CD-RW drive > worked fine. He assumed that the DVD-RW drive, which was elderly, was > faulty and replaced it with a new SATA DVD-RW drive. The same symptoms > were still present i.e. CD-RW drive worked fine but the new DVD-RW drive > would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs. On a whim he disconnected > the CD-RW drive and immediately the DVD-RW recognised, and recorded to, > recordable CDs. Is there something in the motherboard, or Windows XP, that > would cause this effect when two recordable drives are present? It seems > very odd. The first things that come to mind are the master/slave jumpers on the IDE drives and the IDE cable itself -- is the cable "good" and is it connected in the correct direction.
From: kony on 12 Feb 2010 13:56 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:01:58 -0000, "Tinkerer" <invalidaddress(a)invalidaddress.invalid> wrote: >Can anyone suggest why this is happening. With a friend we recently built >a PC which has a Gigabyte Mobo with 4 SATA connections, 1 IDE and 4GB of >RAM. Two optical drives from his previous PC were installed on the IDE >connection. One was a CD-RW and the other was a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW drive >would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs although the CD-RW drive >worked fine. He assumed that the DVD-RW drive, which was elderly, was >faulty and replaced it with a new SATA DVD-RW drive. The same symptoms >were still present i.e. CD-RW drive worked fine but the new DVD-RW drive >would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs. On a whim he disconnected >the CD-RW drive and immediately the DVD-RW recognised, and recorded to, >recordable CDs. Is there something in the motherboard, or Windows XP, that >would cause this effect when two recordable drives are present? It seems >very odd. I would guess that WinXP is considering only one drive the default for burning CDs, but you could select which to use with burning software if that software is sufficiently up to date to recognize the capabilities of both drives.
From: Kyle on 14 Feb 2010 01:19 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:56:21 -0500, kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote: > > >I would guess that WinXP is considering only one drive the >default for burning CDs, but you could select which to use >with burning software if that software is sufficiently up to >date to recognize the capabilities of both drives. I was thinking too that this is the only logical reason. Automatically is selected the CD drive, while the DVD drive is used for DVDs only. So, plugging out the CD drive... immediately the other drive works. But this can be changed through software, so I can't understand the hype :) If there's another reason... then maybe there are ghosts in your pc.. lol -- http://shop-for-computer.com - Best Pc Deals, Refurbished Deals http://shop-for-clothes.com - Shoes, Handbags, Shirts, Coats http://shop-for-car.com - Huge Car Deals, Auto Parts
From: Tinkerer on 14 Feb 2010 06:12 "kony" <spam(a)spam.com> wrote in message news:119bn5d4djjbt8ojq6n1b4a9b2c86lbcgb(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:01:58 -0000, "Tinkerer" > <invalidaddress(a)invalidaddress.invalid> wrote: > >>Can anyone suggest why this is happening. With a friend we recently >>built >>a PC which has a Gigabyte Mobo with 4 SATA connections, 1 IDE and 4GB of >>RAM. Two optical drives from his previous PC were installed on the IDE >>connection. One was a CD-RW and the other was a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW >>drive >>would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs although the CD-RW drive >>worked fine. He assumed that the DVD-RW drive, which was elderly, was >>faulty and replaced it with a new SATA DVD-RW drive. The same symptoms >>were still present i.e. CD-RW drive worked fine but the new DVD-RW drive >>would not recognise recordable CDs, only DVDs. On a whim he disconnected >>the CD-RW drive and immediately the DVD-RW recognised, and recorded to, >>recordable CDs. Is there something in the motherboard, or Windows XP, >>that >>would cause this effect when two recordable drives are present? It seems >>very odd. > > > I would guess that WinXP is considering only one drive the > default for burning CDs, but you could select which to use > with burning software if that software is sufficiently up to > date to recognize the capabilities of both drives. I am glad to hear you say that because we have pretty well come to that conclusion as well, it just seemed a bit unbelievable. For interest he has Nero Burning Rom installed (version 6 I believe) and that simply says that the DVD burner is not present but, like XP, happily works with the CD burner. Also like XP, it is happy to use the DVD burner when the CD drive is not present. Many thanks. -- Tinkerer
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