Hi there,
New to this,but in need of a lot of help.Ive just bought the above dvd rewriter,but i cannot get it to be rcognized in "My Computer",ive already got a samsung cdrewriter,would they clash?,any ideas how to install or check them would be great,but im very new to computing

Hey davep739!
Welcome to PC Helpforum!

Are the drives detected in your BIOS?
You can enter the BIOS tapping F2 or Delete during the start-up of your computer.

Otherwise you perhaps need to set the jumpers. On of the drives should be master, the other should be slave.

Get back if you need more help on this, and let us know how you get on.

Blue

hi blue,
yep,they are recognized in bios,both on seperate ide ribbon,only the samsung is working,the asus is not recognised by "My Computer" Nero which came with the asus has recognized it,but everytime i try to run/open a program on the asus it the swine freezes the program,last error just said "Not Responding"
Ive checked the DMA in Device Manager,both are recognized in there,says Device working properly,but it aint..........?
Any Idea's??
cheers Dave

Hi Dave, one thing you may want to check is the DMA mode...and set them to DMA if available, and not PIA only.
To do this..goto...

Start -> Control Panel -> System Properties -> Hardware -> IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

Double click on Primary IDE Channel -> Advanced Settings -> Make sure Transfer Mode is set to DMA if available

Same for Secondary IDE Channel.

hi there,
yep tried that still the same..
Dave

Hey Dave!

Is the drive being recognized in Windows Device Manager or Drive Management?

You can access the Device Manager right-clicking 'My computer', go to 'Properties', and find Device Manager on the hardware tab.

Drive Management can be found right-clicking 'My computer', click 'Manage'.

It's possible that your drive has yet no letter and that could be the reason that it's not seen in 'My computer'.

Blue

Hi Blue,
Found the problem,and its now sorted,Everything just fine now,it was the NEW ASUS DRw that was bust,not bad tho as i bought it brand new from a main dealer,they just gave me another one,which i loaded in,and it runs great.So it goes to show not all new stuff is serviceable,if in doubt take it back and get it replaced.....
Thanks for the help
Dave