Why does my dvd drive disappear on me ...?

[sdd]

My dvd drive (LG GH20S10) disappears every now and then ... what could be possible cause for this.

It does not even appear in my bios. Sometimes I have to resort to a BIOS clear so that it is seen again.

ANy thoughts?

 

[|tera|]

Is it a PATA or SATA drive? Either way, try changing the cable, if possible use another port to see if it does the same.

 

[scotty777]

it's got a houdini (sp?) virus, but i think maybe you should but that drive in a see through pc case, I mean, that would be ideal for it

 

[HavocXphere]

I'd start troubleshooting at the powercable of the drive. Can you perhaps use another un-used one?

Sounds like something is expanding as the inside of the PC heats up.

 

[bekdik]

It's normal. when you push the coffee cup holder thing in, it disappears. Just remember to take the cup out first ...

 

[sdd]

I also suspected that it might be attributed to the power or SATA cable but the funny thing is that when I installed Nero 7 it because a regular occurence (it disappearing from my system).

I uninstalled Nero but it still happens although not so frequently.

BY disappear I mean, I do not see the drive in my bios or device manager but everything is connected.

 

[HavocXphere]

I've got a similar problem with my IDE drives...they just go AWOL sometimes (sata doesn't) I reckon its got something to do with the mobo (asus p5k). Shuffling the power connector seems to have helped a little. (also got nero 7 installed)

Haven't figured out whats wrong yet, so if you do find a solution, please drop me a pm.