Invisible dvd drive

[NoMonkey]

My friends dvd writer keeps disappearing from his system then coming back

anyone know how to fix that?

It's an internal drive on his desktop

[uddarts]

try reseating both the power connection and both ends of the cable between the mb and the rom.


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[John C]

At least it comes back! Sounds pretty well trained, but he needs to work on the "stay" command!

[NoMonkey]

try reseating both the power connection and both ends of the cable between the mb and the rom.


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Tried that. Still the same.

At least it comes back! Sounds pretty well trained, but he needs to work on the "stay" command!

Your a funny guy, I bet all the comedians come to you for the best jokes

[Sidd]

Have you run the hardware trouble shooter?

[Brandito]

Check the power management options for the device in device manager. See if maybe it's getting put to sleep somehow.