DVD-ROM stops reading DVD's after DVD Writer was installed

[pbhalerao]

Hi guys,

I purchased Pioneer 106D DVD writer sometime back but could get round to install it only a couple of days back. I removed my CD-RW (TDK VeloCD 32x) and installed the writer in its place. My LG DVD-ROM is master and 106D is slave on the secondary IDE channel.

XP-Pro recognized it immediately. The problem I am having is quite wierd:

- Both the LG DVD-ROM and 106D stopped reading any DVD. CD-ROMs worked fine.
- When I removed the 106D the LG drive started reading the DVD's again
- I reinstalled the CD-RW, and the LG drive continued reading the DVD's again
- Reinstalled 106D and the problem started again - DVD no luck, CDs wre fine

Can someone please help. Thanks.

Prasanna.

[budz]

install the PIONEER 106 as MASTER & the DVD ROM as SLAVE.

[pbhalerao]

Hi budz,

Thanks. Will try that tonite and let you know tomorrow.

Rgds.

[pbhalerao]

Changing the 106D to Master did not help. Now the DVD-ROM fails to read any DVD. Switched the LG DRD 8160B to Master. Still no results. Any solutions?

[budz]

make sure the jumpers set behind the drives are set correctly. set the pioneer to master and dvdrom to slave. use a 80 pin cable to connect the drives.

[pbhalerao]

Hi budz, the jumpers were set correctly.

But I have 40 pin wire cable. I will have to buy the 80 pin cable. But the funny thing is the drive was working perfectly till 2/3 days ago with the current cable. All I did was remove the CD-RW and replaced it with the 106D. And then all went wrong. I have not flashed any drive either.

Regards,

[budz]

Hi budz, the jumpers were set correctly.

But I have 40 pin wire cable. I will have to buy the 80 pin cable. But the funny thing is the drive was working perfectly till 2/3 days ago with the current cable. All I did was remove the CD-RW and replaced it with the 106D. And then all went wrong. I have not flashed any drive either.

Regards,

For some reason some dvd burners don't work correctly using a 40 pin cable. Hopefully the 80 pin cable will work for you. I had the same problem with one of my dvd burners. The only other thing I can think of is the 106 drive may not be working properly. Is it too late for you to return the 106 drive?

[pbhalerao]

Hello budz,

Yes. It is too late for me to return the drive. The 106D drive was purchased by me in UK and now I am back in India. I have not used the drive even once.

But the 106D is working fine as it can read commercial DVD's.

I was thinking of creating a backups of some DVD's which my son watches quite often. I do not want to use the DVD writer for ripping purposes.

My main aim to have a DVD-ROM and DVD±RW working simultaneously.

Regards,

[ckwok1]

The problem I am having is quite wierd:

- Both the LG DVD-ROM and 106D stopped reading any DVD. CD-ROMs worked fine.
- When I removed the 106D the LG drive started reading the DVD's again
- I reinstalled the CD-RW, and the LG drive continued reading the DVD's again
- Reinstalled 106D and the problem started again - DVD no luck, CDs wre fine

Is your computer using VIA chip set and have your installed the mini port driver for the IDE. If answers to both questions are yes, uninstall the mini port driver, it should be able to solve your problem.

[pbhalerao]

Hi ckwok1,

My MoBo is Intel 850DV with Intel chipset.

Rgds.

[MikeV]

Here is something you might want to try. Since it looks like you have only one hard drive try putting the LG DVD ROM as the secondary drive on the primary IDE controller and the 106D as the primary on the secondary IDE controller. In other word set it up like this:
Primary IDE controller
Master--120g. Hard Drive
Slave--LG DVD-ROM
Secondary IDE Controller
Master--Pioneer 106D
Slave--

As stated earlier some manufacture's drives will not work properly on the same controller with another manufacturer's drive.

[billcay62]

The best way to go is get yourself a cheap controller card.Put the HDD on the card and use the primary and secondary for your optical drives all as master.Much faster that way

[handyguy]

You can also set your writers to cable select. I prefer this route.

[djcc]

You can also set your writers to cable select. I prefer this route.

Exactly what advantages does cable select bring to the table? I've always wanted to know as that is how my drives arrived from Dell.

[kosekjm]

Hi there,

Cable select just allows the machine to choose if the drive is master or slave based on it's location on the IDE ribbon. Ribbon cable has three connectors:
MB Connector
Slave Drive (Middle Connector)
Master Drive (End Connector)

They are usally color coded as well. If they are standard 80 pin connectors:
Blue- MB Connector
Grey - Slave Drive
Black - Master drive

If your interested in what the 80 pin does, try here:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html

[pbhalerao]

Current configuration seems to work for me:

Primary (80 pin cable): Master - WDD 120GB HDD, Slave - none
Sec (40 pin cable): Master - Pioneer 106D DVD±RW, Slave - LG DRD-8160B DVD-ROM

But over the weekend, I saw the original problem reappear. After shutdown and restarting much later (3 hrs later), the problem disappeared. So far, the problem has not recurred again. But I shall wait and watch. I have ordered a 80-pin cable for Sec IDE.

I shall also try the CS route as suggested by kosekjm.

Thanks all.

[smearbrick1]

Current configuration seems to work for me:

Primary (80 pin cable): Master - WDD 120GB HDD, Slave - none
Sec (40 pin cable): Master - Pioneer 106D DVD±RW, Slave - LG DRD-8160B DVD-ROM

But over the weekend, I saw the original problem reappear. After shutdown and restarting much later (3 hrs later), the problem disappeared. So far, the problem has not recurred again. But I shall wait and watch. I have ordered a 80-pin cable for Sec IDE.

I shall also try the CS route as suggested by kosekjm.

Thanks all.

Your setup appears to be fine. There is actually no reason to split your optical drives between two IDE channels.

Try the 80 pin cable and see if that does the trick.

[VamPYR]

make sure you have a decent power supply.

i bought the same drive in UK , now im back to my country, the drive still work fine. motherboard : Abit IC7-Max3, intel875P
cheers.

[pbhalerao]

Hi everybody,

Over the weekend I purchased a 80-pin cable and tried the CS option also. The problem seems to be intermitent.

I found that whenever the DVD's (movies) have an installable such as InterActual DVD Player or some such program, the DVD is recognized (on the LG-DRD-8160B DVD-ROM).

This is irrespective of whether I use the 80-pin cable or 40-pin, DVD-ROM Master or slave, CS or not. I checked the firmware of the DVD-ROM - it is the latest 1.01.

The DVD-writer is able to recognize all DVD disks fine. My guess is probably the DVD-ROM is dying out. I will try to live with the problem until it becomes impossible.

Meanwhile, if you have some clues, please keep posting. Thanks all.

Prasanna.

[pbhalerao]

OK. The problem was solved after flashing the LG DVD-ROM with the latest firmware from http://www.lgservice.com. The name of the firmware download is DRD-8160b101(E).exe. My LG DVD-ROM was at firmware version 1.01 dated early 2002. The firmware updated it to version 1.01 dated Nov 2002.

Now the LG drive reads the DVD's regardless of the Master/Slave position. Thanks everybody for their help. If anyone wishes to know how to update the firmware of DVD-ROM, please PM me; although there are enough guides in http://forum.rpc1.org.

Regards,