Hey Everyone. I posted this same question in he question area. But thought that hardware might help me as well. I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I recently purchased a LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write SATA Model LH-20A1S to replace an older outdated HP 300i burner. I have a Biostar MB model NF325-A7 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX, with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2.2GHz Socket 754 59W Single-Core Processor. 768 SDRAM DDR400. Any way. I purchased the SATA Burner drive as I know that SATA has a faster transfer than IDIE. I have built several computers in the past with no problems. After installing the new drive, my computer sees it as a DVD drive, when looking at "my computer" but when I go to install the drivers and software that came with it. Nothing happens. "My Computer" changes it's mind to a CD ROM drive. Wierd huh? It won't open the contents of the disc. Infact it doesn't even recognize a disc is in it. I have updated my MB with the latest BIOS and still nothing. Am I right in assuming the drive is bad? Or do I have a SATA issue between the MB and the DVD Drive? Please help. Thanks
Have you tried using a different SATA port and/or cable? sounds like a flaky connection to me. You really won't notice any difference between IDE and SATA as the drive is currently the limiting factor. Currently the only advantages to SATA vs IDE is that the cables are smaller and there are no jumpers to deal with.
Yes, I have tried both SATA ports, and still nothing. I'm leaning to the fact that the drive is doa, will probably do an RMA and get another.
