dvd-rw not being detected

[albo]

hi, my dvd-rw is not being detected by windows xp home. it has recognised my floppy drive and dvd rom drive but not the rewriter. i went into my BIOS and it is not listed there either. there is power getting to it as it opens and closes but doesn't read any discs. is there a way to add it to windows.
any suggestions on how to fix this would be great, thanks, allan.

 

[adi_alter_ego]

a small sugestion: if you overclock, that might be it, this was the problem i had with mine, now fixed it and its working in PIO only, have to do something about it.
Also try replacing the IDE cable and jumper settings.
hope this helps

 

[albo]

thanks for the help, yeah i'll have a look at the cables, haven't done any overclocking so far so it isn't that.

 

[Acethechosenone]

ite definitely the jumper at the back of the device, it is set at master by default you know so set it to slave and it will work.