Dvd drives don't show up in windows vista

[jamesk3095]

Hey guys,

ever since i reinstalled windows my dvd drives don't show up in my computer. They are using ide. Could it be bios settings or is it windows? i have an ep45 ud3r if that helps.

thanks

 

[darroll]

Set them up in device manager.
They need a driver.

 

[jamesk3095]

yeah, but thing is that they don't show up in device manager.... but they do in bios. Well it turns out im getting a few more unrelated errors so i'm just going to reinstall vista.

 

[Neodude1123201]

Have you installed all of the drivers that came with your motherboard?

 

[Indigo]

drivers for motherboards in relation to CD/DVD/BDROMs is so old school, even Windows 98 laughs. If a drive isn't showing up in Windows XP, Vista or 7, it's a system issue on the hardware level (bad drive) or the OS is hosed, as the OP found out.

Installing drivers for CDROM/DVD/BDR drives has been rendered null and void for at least 10 years.

 

[Neodude1123201]

Well if it's a SATA Drive and the standard vista SATA Driver doesnt want to play nice (With Vista, This is entirely possible), that could cause it not to come up.