I have a geforce6100sm-m motherboard, this is my layout

IDE Pioneer 109d DVDRW
IDE Pioneer 111d DVDRW
SATA LiteOn DVDROM
SATA 160GB Samsung Hard Drive


the first problem i had with it was that when restarting the computer it would not pick up any sata drives. I have tried changing BIOS but that did not help.

the 2nd problem I found after a month, I have found that both my DVDRW drives dont write properly. With nero and clonecd trial they burn 100% but when I play the discs they do not play properly like they have errors on. And when I try burning with imgburn i get abot 20 errors and it wont write the disc. For this i have tried reinstalling windows and i still get the same problem.

I think it may be the motherboard, i have triple checked all connections and found no problems. I have replaced the IDE cable and the same thing happens. My motherboard is still under warranty so if its going I try to return it to the shop.

Any ideas?

I have been writing at 2.4X for my dual layer discs and i dont hink you can go slower then this not that i would want to. Also tried writing 2 cd's one at 40X and the other at 16X still same result and they are rated at 52X. I

Hi
is your SATA Drive conected into Port 1 or Port 0 also try updating drivers for your drives.

Hope this helps.

Sata Hard Drive is at port0, i installed latest drivers when i reinstalled windows and it has made no difference

Ok
When you sy it doesnt pick up any SATA drives what does it say? if possible can u post some screen shots to ssist users in helping.

Thanks

When booting the computer can only find the two IDE drives and no SATA drives, then after a minute it tries to boot from the network because it has no hard drive to boot from. When i go into BIOS no sata drives are displayed even tho they are connected.

I cannot screen shot because when this happens i cant get the computer to start.

So do you think its my motherboard then? And how would i go about returning the thing if it is and i brought it from a computer shop?