Two ASUS DVD Drives, One cant be seen !

[neilc1976]

Hi There

I am running Mandriva 2007 powerpack and I have the following drives on my machine

1. ASUS CD/DVD Rom model is E616A3T (SATA)
2. ASUS DVDRW model number is DRW-1608P (IDE)

It is possible to boot from both drives but programs such as K3B cannot see the ASUS DVDRW. If I put a DVD or CD into drive nothing happens.

I'm a little confused by how I'm even supposed to read a data CD. When I put a data CD into the ASUS CD/DVD I get a message dialog asking what should be done but nothing like this happens when I do the same with the ASUS DVDRW.

If I go into Configure my computer -> hardware - only the ASUS CD/DVD is listed

Can someone help me ? Where should I be looking now ?

Thanks
Neil

[danvds3]

hmm... Have you tried adding a new DVD drive or mounting the drive? I doubt there's a loose connection, as you said it booted up with both drives OK.

The other problem could be that one of your drives is IDE. now I don't think this is the problem, but perhaps you should do a bit of research on the net.

[neilc1976]

Hey there

Thanks for your reply

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to mount a drive. I'm fairly new at this side of things. Can you tell me how to do this ?

Thanks