Snowcr4sh
New Member
I've been having disk drive problems from day one with this system. I've tried 3 different ODD's and all have the same problem.
My problem:
When drive is installed by windows, the driver name gets corrupted somehow.
Results of a bad driver show when I put in a CD: "D:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
Example: The combo drive installed currently should be LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5236K (The drive works perfectly under this driver name)
But instead it sometimes installs as: LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-%2#6F (I recieve I/O Device errors under this driver name and disk will not read or spin)
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, different IDE cables, PIO only mode, and a number of master and slave settings, none of which have worked (Only the correct master setting and driver name works). I've also tried installing a LG drive and a Samsung drive, but those also install as weird driver names and I still recieve I/O errors (but do work under the correct driver names). The Samsung drive did work, but sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes I would restart my computer and it would somehow come up as the appropriate driver and would work great-burn cd's, install games, read disks fine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
All the drives i've tried are plugged in to the secondary IDE slot on the mobo, master setting, and have the appropriate power plugs.
ANY help is greatly appreciated, i've been living with a drive that works on and off for almost 2 years now, its so frustrating because I have no idea what could be causing these drivers to install differently than what they should, not to mention I cannot access any cd's. I'm thinking it is a mobo problem.
My problem:
When drive is installed by windows, the driver name gets corrupted somehow.
Results of a bad driver show when I put in a CD: "D:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
Example: The combo drive installed currently should be LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5236K (The drive works perfectly under this driver name)
But instead it sometimes installs as: LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-%2#6F (I recieve I/O Device errors under this driver name and disk will not read or spin)
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, different IDE cables, PIO only mode, and a number of master and slave settings, none of which have worked (Only the correct master setting and driver name works). I've also tried installing a LG drive and a Samsung drive, but those also install as weird driver names and I still recieve I/O errors (but do work under the correct driver names). The Samsung drive did work, but sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes I would restart my computer and it would somehow come up as the appropriate driver and would work great-burn cd's, install games, read disks fine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
All the drives i've tried are plugged in to the secondary IDE slot on the mobo, master setting, and have the appropriate power plugs.
ANY help is greatly appreciated, i've been living with a drive that works on and off for almost 2 years now, its so frustrating because I have no idea what could be causing these drivers to install differently than what they should, not to mention I cannot access any cd's. I'm thinking it is a mobo problem.