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DVD-RW Not Recognized
Name: xfile102 Date: October 6, 2005 at 20:21:14 Pacific OS: Win XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: Athlon 3200+ 1GB DDR
Comment:
My Sony DRU-800A does not recognize in Win XP. I checked my BIOS, and It shows up there, but when I boot into windows and go to device manager, it lists as a Generic DVD-ROM SCSI Device. Can anyone help me?
Name: ian209 Date: October 7, 2005 at 16:27:15 Pacific
Reply:
umm... did u install the device when ure computer was off? Did u check ure jumper settings. Did u plug the IDE cable in properly? I think u put the jumper into the wrong slot, since its recognised by ure BIOS.
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Response Number 2
Name: xfile102 Date: October 7, 2005 at 18:11:28 Pacific
Reply:
I have 2 drives. I have a Mitsumi 52X CD-Rom, and the Sony DRU-800A DVD+-R/RW. The Mitsumi is Master and the Sony is Slave.
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