My DVD not detected by bios, but... ?

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by Ant -|- One, 2001-07-25 13:22

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2001-07-25 15:22

I don't know why, but my DVD drive is no more detected (take a look at my specs below) by bios at start-up...
But the funny thing is that the DVD drive is real present and working great under Win2kPro...

How on earth is this possible ? It completely bypasses my hardware knowledge...
Please, you all at the NTCompatible community, help me explain this !
Thanxs !

Hercules Fortissimo II

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DosFreak

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#56172

2001-07-25 17:40

NT doesn't have to use the bios to detect devices. You can emable your drive in the bios but your boot time will slowdown.

Igor

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#56173

2001-07-25 18:37

If your bios is set so it doesn't detect the drives (besides the primary HD) all the CD/DVD drives will work anyway because they will be detected during the PNP (plug-n-pray) device discovery time.

Ant -|- One

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#56174

2001-07-26 10:28

My bios is set to auto for all 4 ide channels, so what the hell is going on ? What could cause the bios not to detect the DVD ? If I want it to appear at start-up, I have to enter the bios, check all 4 ide channels, save and exit, and voila: I can see the DVD drive appear along with my HDDs !
Is it the mobo's bios fault (I doubt it, it's brand new, march 2001, with bios 1005 and 1006.003), the DVD drive itself (why ?)
Thanx you all !