DVD Drive disappearing

[steve_nfi]

I have a problem with my admin PC.

A little while ago the DVD drive disappeared from the system. It just couldn't be seen. After a couple of reboots it appeared again and was usable. It then disappeared completely. Assuming that it was a faulty drive I replaced it with a nice shiny new one. This had been working fine for few weeks, then started being a bit erratic and has now disappeared completely again.

Can anyone shed any light on what might be causing this?

[jmcdermott]

fist i would check the ide channel on the motherboard.

second does it disappear completely from the BIOS as well or just windows?

[Michael]

Have you tried changing the IDE or SATA cable between the DVD drive and the motherboard?

 

And when the DVD drive disappears from My Computer, can you still physically eject a disc from the drive?

[steve_nfi]

The drive dissappears completely. I've just checked the BIOS and it's not in there. I haven't tried a new IDE cable yet. I'll will try that later when I have a bit more time. Machine won't even eject, as if no power were going to it.

[steve_nfi]

I have just put a new IDE cable in and it's working fine again. Thanks for you help.:-)