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I just bought myself a dvd burner. Removed the old CD burner which was primary master and replaced it with the DVD burner exact cables and all. When i boot my 'puter the lights go green on it and I can open and close it. It gets past the BIOS to the loading screen and it goes mute. No lights and won't load. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers.
PS. It won't come up in Nero Test Drive or My Computer... not even under Device Manager
Uninstall Nero using the General-Clean Tool then reinstall Nero. That should solve your problem
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If Windows doesn't see it and it isn't even showing up as an unknown device in Device Manager then your BIOS probably is in fact having trouble detecting it. I see three solutions. 1. Your BIOS isn't detecting it properly--upgrade your BIOS (flash it); 2. Your BIOS isn't detecting it properly--take it back and get a new device your BIOS will support properly; 3. Your device's firmware is corrupt (unlikely but possible)--replace the device.
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BIOS does detect my new burner... at startup it displays the model number, listing it as Primary Master. So maybe it's a problem with my XP. Reformatting XP soon so i'll post a follow-up
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Besure to check your connections really well.
Also what other drives (all ) are listed in your system. You might try to disconnect any USB connections and then try to see if it sees it.
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It is definitely connected good there is lights and it will open when in BIOS and before the XP loading screen.. but once it gets to the loader it is inoperable.
Will remover all USB connections and see if that helps.
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Update - Removed all the USB connections but still no change. Might be a problem with my actual XP seeing as it works fine before XP loads up.
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Try this fix from microsoft. and see if it helps you any.
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type savedkey, and then click Save.
6. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.Note If this data type is missing, go to Method 2.
7. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
8. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
method 21. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. If Control Panel is in Category view, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.If Control Panel is in Classic view, double-click System.
3. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
4. Click the drive with the question mark next to it.
5. On the Action menu, click Uninstall. When you are prompted to confirm the removal, click OK.
6. Repeat steps 4 through 5 for any other drives with question marks.
7. On the Action menu, click Scan for hardware changes.Let me know if that works or not and I will see what else I can come up with.
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Do you happen to have an extra drive that you can substitute for the dvd player. If you do swap them out and see if it will recognize the different drive. If anything that will tell us it is not the drive or it is the drive.
They do just go out from time to time. and I have had then show up as working drives and be bad.
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By the way did you check to make sure the jumper is set properly. If the jumper is set wrong it will show up in the bios and not in the OS. look carefully at it and make sure it is not opposite of where it should be.
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Just changed the jumper settings over then. I should of looked first before rushing ahead. DVD buner is now detected. Thanks for everything and sorry for the trouble :)
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