Vista stopped noticing my disc drives.

Serp · 08-07-2009, 07:04 PM

Within the last few days my Vista system stopped noticing that I have 2 dvd drives.

It was working fine just a few days ago, but now I get error icons in my device manager and it says my drivers aren't working, so I uninstall and let windows look for updates, but it fails to install new drivers.

The device manager says they're

atapi dvd a dh20a4p ATA device
atapi dvd a dh16D2P ATA device

I tried manually looking for drivers on Google, but I found nothing, but I did see that someone else had the same problem a year ago, but nobody helped him and he never explained how/if he fixed it.

StrangleHold · 08-07-2009, 11:45 PM

Instead of just using the driver update. Try right clicking on them in Device manager and click uninstall. Reboot and let windows reinstall the drivers.

Serp · 08-08-2009, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Instead of just using the driver update. Try right clicking on them in Device manager and click uninstall. Reboot and let windows reinstall the drivers.

I forgot to mention, but yes, I've uninstalled them completely, ran CCleaner, then restarted. Still failed.

scurtis · 08-08-2009, 11:49 PM

Have you used some sort of Vista Speed up software recently? Its what mucked up my PC, all i had to do, was go into the software and undo the Speed up - Wasnt much Difference anyway!

bigrich0086 · 08-15-2009, 06:57 AM

also check in bios to see if their in there. You can also make bios default again. Go back in uninstall the roms, reboot and see if that helps.

Aastii · 08-15-2009, 08:08 PM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

click fix this problem, download microsofts fix, run it, restart, it should be there now.

It happened to my neighbour a few months back which i found a fix for, it's some problem that can happen in the registry when you install or change a program.

08-07-2009, 07:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Serp Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Indiana Age: 27 Posts: 50	Vista stopped noticing my disc drives. Within the last few days my Vista system stopped noticing that I have 2 dvd drives. It was working fine just a few days ago, but now I get error icons in my device manager and it says my drivers aren't working, so I uninstall and let windows look for updates, but it fails to install new drivers. The device manager says they're atapi dvd a dh20a4p ATA device atapi dvd a dh16D2P ATA device I tried manually looking for drivers on Google, but I found nothing, but I did see that someone else had the same problem a year ago, but nobody helped him and he never explained how/if he fixed it.

08-07-2009, 11:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,175	Instead of just using the driver update. Try right clicking on them in Device manager and click uninstall. Reboot and let windows reinstall the drivers. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

08-15-2009, 06:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
bigrich0086 Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 746	also check in bios to see if their in there. You can also make bios default again. Go back in uninstall the roms, reboot and see if that helps. __________________ Processor: Q9450 @3.6Ghz Heatsink: XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120 push pull Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Deluxe Ram: G.Skill 4gb DDR3 1600 MHz Clocks:7-7-7-18 1.9v GFX Card: SAPPHIRE HD4870 1GB Xfire SOON HD5870 Hard Drive: :SATA II x2 360gb Seagate 7,200RPM OS: Vista Ultimate x64 Monitor: 2 AOC 2217v 22"PSU: CORSAIR 750-TX Case: HAF 922 HeatWare!!! AIM SN- RichsBallPythons

08-15-2009, 08:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aastii Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St Helens, UK Age: 16 Posts: 3,475	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 click fix this problem, download microsofts fix, run it, restart, it should be there now. It happened to my neighbour a few months back which i found a fix for, it's some problem that can happen in the registry when you install or change a program. __________________ Intel E6750 @ 3.2GHz P5N-E SLI 8GB PC6400 OCZ Gold Asus 8600gt silent cooling SLI 180gb Samsung Main drive, 200GB Maxtor Backup Corsair TX850W Last edited by Aastii; 08-15-2009 at 08:10 PM.

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08-08-2009, 11:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
scurtis New Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	Have you used some sort of Vista Speed up software recently? Its what mucked up my PC, all i had to do, was go into the software and undo the Speed up - Wasnt much Difference anyway!

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