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Old December 30th 06, 08:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Robert Moir
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Default Any solutions To Dvd writers not being recognized

Rick Rogers wrote:
Certainly possible, 'tis why I mentioned the IDE controller in the
initial response. I wasn't just referring to the instruction set on
the motherboard, but rather the hardware as well.


I'd vote some kind of hardware issue too. As much as I enjoy beating up on
Vista for it's problems and lacks (well as I see it anyway!), I can't say
I've seen anything like this problem.

A driver issue is quite possible; many recent intel chipsets need an
additional '3rd party' IDE controller for optical drives because the Intel
controllers only work with SATA. We know that the quality and availability
of drivers varies a great deal just before the launch of a new OS.

rob