Little Help Please

I have a new MoBo Intel Dx38BT, 64 bit Vista, My system can't find my
optical drives, either my cod or DVD. I have tried updating the BIOS rolling
back the BIOS, setting it up to minimal setup, nothing works. I have even
tried swapping out the cable. NOPE. I am grabbing at straws. Just a little
help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike

DP
Wed Apr 09 23:10:35 PDT 2008

You don't say what your level of expertise is when it comes to dealing with
the guts of a computer.
So, if you're relatively inexperienced, I would ask if you're sure there are
power connectors going to the drives.
If you're very experienced, I would ask if you changed out the motherboard
yourself, or if someone else did it for you?

Presumably the HDD drive(s) is (are) working fine? Is there a floppy? If
so, is that working?



"Mike" <Dayb4@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I have a new MoBo Intel Dx38BT, 64 bit Vista, My system can't find my
>optical drives, either my cod or DVD. I have tried updating the BIOS
>rolling back the BIOS, setting it up to minimal setup, nothing works. I
>have even tried swapping out the cable. NOPE. I am grabbing at straws. Just
>a little help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Mike

Carlos
Thu Apr 10 05:16:01 PDT 2008

Mike,
1.- Is this a fresh install of Vista x64?
2.- How did you install Vista if the drives were not "seen"?
3.- Are the drives showing up in BIOS?
4.- If the drives were there and then "disappeared" try this kb:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
Carlos

"Mike" wrote:

> I have a new MoBo Intel Dx38BT, 64 bit Vista, My system can't find my
> optical drives, either my cod or DVD. I have tried updating the BIOS rolling
> back the BIOS, setting it up to minimal setup, nothing works. I have even
> tried swapping out the cable. NOPE. I am grabbing at straws. Just a little
> help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Mike
>

John
Thu Apr 10 16:06:32 PDT 2008

Also check Disk Management to see if it is there. Are you talking about IDE
or SATA?

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D97B46F-2AF3-4C85-AE56-4F2B0209A684@microsoft.com...
> Mike,
> 1.- Is this a fresh install of Vista x64?
> 2.- How did you install Vista if the drives were not "seen"?
> 3.- Are the drives showing up in BIOS?
> 4.- If the drives were there and then "disappeared" try this kb:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
> Carlos
>
> "Mike" wrote:
>
>> I have a new MoBo Intel Dx38BT, 64 bit Vista, My system can't find my
>> optical drives, either my cod or DVD. I have tried updating the BIOS
>> rolling
>> back the BIOS, setting it up to minimal setup, nothing works. I have even
>> tried swapping out the cable. NOPE. I am grabbing at straws. Just a
>> little
>> help would be appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>>

Len
Fri Apr 11 18:21:26 PDT 2008

If this is a new install did you check the jumpers on the drive to make sure
they are NOT both master or slave??


"Mike" <Dayb4@charter.net> wrote in message
news:12BDD0A4-45A0-4478-8F39-2436721B3AC6@microsoft.com...
>I have a new MoBo Intel Dx38BT, 64 bit Vista, My system can't find my
>optical drives, either my cod or DVD. I have tried updating the BIOS
>rolling back the BIOS, setting it up to minimal setup, nothing works. I
>have even tried swapping out the cable. NOPE. I am grabbing at straws. Just
>a little help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Mike