Before doing this I do have a couple of questions. Were any other devices hooked up to this particular IDE channel before you tried connecting this DVD drive? Were those devices being recognized by BIOS. I would also suggest to try and connect another device on this particular IDE channel. If that one is not recognized either, I am pretty much sure that your IDE controller (primary or secondary) has gone bust!!
Secondly, which IDE channel are you trying to connect this device to? Do you have an onboard RAID controller on your motherboard?
@Big POPPA Pump
Thanks. Yes the burner was hooked up to this channel, and yes before hooking up the DVD drive the burner and a CD ROM lived on this channel w/o any problem (the BIOS recognized them). The burner is running by itself at the moment and is fine.
No onboard RAID controller on the motherboard.
Will try a new IDE cable and see what happens on cable select.
@ tubebuoy & greypigeon - thank you for your suggestions, will look into the registry.
@ Shiromagius - thanks, will double check the BIOS.
Anne
