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DaveB · 03-31-2006, 02:04 AM

Most of the time I couldn't get the drive to show up in Windows at all. A few times it did show up, but when I double-clicked and wanted to browse the CD it would read and read but never bring up the contents of the CD/DVD.

I tried installing different drivers for the drive. I tried different cables.

Nothing worked.

There was some stuff on google about a way that you could jump a couple of pins on the IDE connector and force the drive to master. I tried that too.

I exhausted everything that I could try and finally sent it back. Unfortunately, I bought it from pagecomputers.com and they have absolutely the worst customer service on the planet. Its almost impossible to have a dialogue with the company.

I've been very happy with the panasonic. No problems at all. It installed and worked the very first time. The only glitch I had was that I had bought an external enclosure and these Mini-ATX motherboards will freeze right after post if you have a USB DVD drive installed. I swapped to a firewire cable and that solved that problem.

03-31-2006, 02:04 AM	#4
DaveB Variable Bitrate Join Date: Mar 2004 Vehicle: 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Turbo Diesel Posts: 313 My Photos: ()	Most of the time I couldn't get the drive to show up in Windows at all. A few times it did show up, but when I double-clicked and wanted to browse the CD it would read and read but never bring up the contents of the CD/DVD. I tried installing different drivers for the drive. I tried different cables. Nothing worked. There was some stuff on google about a way that you could jump a couple of pins on the IDE connector and force the drive to master. I tried that too. I exhausted everything that I could try and finally sent it back. Unfortunately, I bought it from pagecomputers.com and they have absolutely the worst customer service on the planet. Its almost impossible to have a dialogue with the company. I've been very happy with the panasonic. No problems at all. It installed and worked the very first time. The only glitch I had was that I had bought an external enclosure and these Mini-ATX motherboards will freeze right after post if you have a USB DVD drive installed. I swapped to a firewire cable and that solved that problem. __________________ 8" Lilli TS MB896F Mini-ITX MB 2GHZ Dothan 533MHz FSB CPU 1GB SDRAM DDR2 533 Seagate 300GB SATA150 HD ENGENIUS WiFi MINI-PCI CARD 802.11A B 400MW OUT Pioneer Slot Load SLIM DVDRW Bluetooth V2 USB 2 Dongle 3COM BKP Cam