XP detects Cd-Rom and Dvd-Rom as SCSI Devices
XP detects Cd-Rom and Dvd-Rom as SCSI Devices
Here's my deal. I have a Western Digital SATA drive which I had to load the drivers before XP would detect my drive and install. Since I had this new computer it detects my cd-rw, dvd-rom, and second hdd as SCSI devices. In reality they are all IDE devices. How do I get them to have a IDE controller rather than SCSI? I can use my hdd and optical drives but I can't burn any cds with my cd-rw, it fails at something to do with SCSI controller.
Both my optical drives are Lite-on, but what the model my Hadware Manager says they are, aren't listed on Lite-on's site.
Help please!
Both my optical drives are Lite-on, but what the model my Hadware Manager says they are, aren't listed on Lite-on's site.
Help please!
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I'll just tell you my entire system specs:
Barton 2500+
Epox EP-8RDA3+ NForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset
Onboard SATA: 2x Serial ATA by Silicon Image Sil3112a
Lite-on Dvd-Rom
Lite-on Cd-rw
Maxtor IDE 7200 HDD
WD 120 GB SATA
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Negative on the Alchohol, I don't even know what that is.
I installed the driver for SATA that came with my set of drivers for my mobo. I think it has somthing to do with that.
Barton 2500+
Epox EP-8RDA3+ NForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset
Onboard SATA: 2x Serial ATA by Silicon Image Sil3112a
Lite-on Dvd-Rom
Lite-on Cd-rw
Maxtor IDE 7200 HDD
WD 120 GB SATA
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Negative on the Alchohol, I don't even know what that is.
I installed the driver for SATA that came with my set of drivers for my mobo. I think it has somthing to do with that.
Have you installed the nVidia Unified nForce drivers.... i think windows isnt detecting ur IDE channels correctly and hence recognizes them as SCSI equipment.
Try downloading them from http://www.nvidia.com and see how it goes.
Try downloading them from http://www.nvidia.com and see how it goes.
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The reasson i brought up Alchohol was that it creates a vertual scsi device for your dvd/cdrw. I think what has happend is that you need newer drivers for your nForce as the nForce used at one point scsi drivers for its connection. I dont remember all the specifics of it but i bet a driver update from the web will fix that.
"Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air? You don't know!"
just uninstall the nforce ide drivers and it will revert or do it manually by update driver: display a list of known: show all and under standard ide/atapi choose the standard dual channel ide controller and reboot. personally i hate the problems the nvidia sw ide driver causes with my plextor cdrw they wont play nice together.
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