[durdru]

Hi,
New user here. I recently upgraded from XP to Vista by wiping the HD for a clean install. From then I've been having problems

It seems that Vista isnt recognizing the cd drive, or at least only doing so temporarily. I used the CD itself drive to install Vista so I know it isnt a problem with the drive. I found a temporary fix disconnecting the CD drive, rebooting, connecting it back , then rebooting it again. At this point Vista sees it and goes about installing drivers for it. However my drive disappears on the next startup, not showing itself on My Computer or the device manager. I would go look for some kind of driver for my drive but I don't even know the model let alone brand. Threw away that documentation awhile ago.

to make matters worse, when I actually do get the drive to work, Vista won't let me install my motherboard drivers via CD. It installs most games/software etc fine but spits out errors installation when reading my driver CD's autorun.

If it helps, my motherboard is an ECS 945P-A and Im using a DVD-RW drive. I'm installing with Vista Home Premium

thanks for reading!!

[Elvandil]

try this for starters.

1. Click on START button, the click on RUN.

2. Enter REGEDIT and press Enter.

3. When REGEDIT starts, open up the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/
{4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

4. After clicking on {4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} you should see two settings on the right-hand side:
"Upperfilters"
"Lowerfilters"
Click on each of them, press DELETE and click YES.

Or you can download this reg file to do the same thing.

[durdru]

thanks so much for the response. Unfortunately your suggestion didnt seem to fix it
on a side note I solved the motherboard drivers problem by downloading a different version from ECS' official website
your tips are appreciated

[Elvandil]

Does the drive show up OK in BIOS and is it set to autodetect?

Check the connections, too.

Now that you have updated your chipset drivers, open Device Manager, open your IDE drivers, and click on both primary and secondary. Look to be sure that "DMA if available" is in each box and not "None".

[durdru]

I fooled around in the BIOS a bit and seemed have to solved it!! To be honest, im not sure what I did. either way, I really appreciated the help especially having just registered.
thanks again and have a nice evening.

[Elvandil]

They say it takes a good mechanic to fix something without knowing what he did.

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