My computer will not recognize my DVD burner

Hi,
Its coming up for me as an IDE device at the below links..
can't seem to bring up any SATA related links at all...
http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/liteon-lh-18a1p-dvd/4014-3212_7-32125711.html
http://thetechgeeks.blogspot.com/2008/10/lite-on-lh18a1p-18x-double-layer-dvdrw.html
let me know if this helps,
regards,
dave

ebay

Probably laser has gone bad--I would go to walmart and purchase a new one and see if that one works, if it doesn't, then you will know it's a software problem and just return it.

Otherwise I would replace it--they are usually under $40

I have an LH-20A1S, & I am using Roxio Easy CD
Creator 6; Yes, I know there are newer versions, but they all ****! Anyway, it USED to work just fine in recognizing DL DVD's W/the updates from Roxio's site. & now there is no option there for this size (8.5)w/in the actual Creator prog. Is it the drive? This JUST started happening recently. Any clue if it IS the drive? & if so, any idea what caused this? I've always used Lite-On's & have NEVER had this sort of prob before! & of course it is out of warranty, & a discontinued model to boot! standar DVD drives are real cheap inprice these days, but STILL I do't wanna have to buy an new one if I can 'fix' it. BTW, I have updated the latest firmware for this drive from Lite-On's site too, & it didn't resolve this issue either!

__ERIC

No such a feature in this model.
Check Liteon web page

The audio lines from the DVD player should be hooked up to the sound card.  If the two audio wires are not connected, no audio will happen.

Go into your BIOS and see if you can get it to autodetect the drive. You should be able to this but I can't tell you how to because all BIOS setups are different.

Then save your BIOS and reboot.

The drive should then be recognised as the right thing.

Hope this helps

Mowcius

Check the Master Slave jumper on the back of the drives. If using 2 drives on 1 cable, make sure one is set to master and the other is set to slave. The jumper positions usually are labeled on the top of the drive as "M" and "S"

If you have them set to the same, both drives won't work.

If the drive is sharing cable with a hard drive, try changing the M/S setting.

Have you checked device manager to see if you have a yellow checkmark on your DVD./CD drives? if ok, sounds to me like the maker of the LH-20A1l BLO5 either needs to fix your problem or replace it. The Nero 7 should enable it to work correctly.

sounds like your loose 4 prong may have shorted the burner drive on a power on- it may just be that simple- it died...