Problems with DVD combo drive

FizzyFantom · April 2, 2014

I have an old IDE PATA Samsung Combo SM-304b DVD drive which I have plugged into a secondary PC, but it doesn't appear to be working. I tested with Windows 7 (64bit) and the drive did not appear in the "Computer" window. In the device manager it claims to be a CD drive and is asking for drivers. I have also tested with Ubuntu (12.04.3 amd64) and it appears in the "Computer" window, but says its a CD drive. When I attempt to open it the software reports it cannot access the drive and it disappears from the "Computer" window. The drive appears in the bios and I have tested it in master and CS. It previously worked with this motherboard and CPU in Windows 7, but now it claims to need drivers.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

dragosudeki · April 2, 2014

I'm not sure, but maybe you need drivers?

Leonius · April 2, 2014

not sure but did you plug it into the master or slave port of your ide connector? also is your controller set to ide?

LogicalDrm · April 4, 2014

IDE... those things can give one a headache. Do as @Leonius suggests. If you have other IDE devices that'll be even more annoying Check also thats device itself it set to be master for master connector and slave for slave connector.