Toshiba satellite HELP...dvd burner.

blowntypes · 06-05-2006, 07:19 AM

I have a Toshiba satellite A25 S207 and it comes with a cd burner/dvd player...well i went and bought a DVD burner and put it in and when i turn on the laptop it seem like it freeze up then after about 3-5 minutes it would give me a ...IDE error and it would boot up but when i go to MY Computer, the drive is not there!?!?! BUT if i put the OEM one back in and restart it it would boot up with no problem at all! Then once the laptop is on i would pull the OEM one out and put the DVD burner in it would show up on MY Computer and it would work! But once i restart it it would freeze up and i would wait for the 3-5 minutes...boom...IDE error then it would boot up but again the drive is nowhere to be found! Does anyone here know why it is doing this? I am running on window XP pro....

**The_Other_One** · 06-05-2006, 07:23 AM

My guess is the drive just isn't compatable with the laptop... I don't know exactly how picky they are, but I have heard of similar problems. As for swapping them while it's running...eh, those things really aren't meant to be hot-swapable... Will it burn DVDs when you do that?

Um, something else, perhaps there's something in the BIOS that needs to be changed?

blowntypes · 06-05-2006, 04:07 PM

That's what i figure...but yeah it does burn the dvd disc.

**The_Other_One** · 06-05-2006, 04:50 PM

Oh...geeze... I really don't know.

06-05-2006, 07:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
blowntypes New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5	Toshiba satellite HELP...dvd burner. I have a Toshiba satellite A25 S207 and it comes with a cd burner/dvd player...well i went and bought a DVD burner and put it in and when i turn on the laptop it seem like it freeze up then after about 3-5 minutes it would give me a ...IDE error and it would boot up but when i go to MY Computer, the drive is not there!?!?! BUT if i put the OEM one back in and restart it it would boot up with no problem at all! Then once the laptop is on i would pull the OEM one out and put the DVD burner in it would show up on MY Computer and it would work! But once i restart it it would freeze up and i would wait for the 3-5 minutes...boom...IDE error then it would boot up but again the drive is nowhere to be found! Does anyone here know why it is doing this? I am running on window XP pro....

06-05-2006, 07:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	My guess is the drive just isn't compatable with the laptop... I don't know exactly how picky they are, but I have heard of similar problems. As for swapping them while it's running...eh, those things really aren't meant to be hot-swapable... Will it burn DVDs when you do that? Um, something else, perhaps there's something in the BIOS that needs to be changed? __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

06-05-2006, 04:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	Oh...geeze... I really don't know. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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06-05-2006, 04:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
blowntypes New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5	That's what i figure...but yeah it does burn the dvd disc.