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    DVD drive missing - Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rogerace, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. rogerace

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    Timeline 4810T, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, just clean-installed

    I found out that my dvd drive would disappear after ejecting and put a cd/dvd in it. The drive seems to be spinning but the DVD drive disappears from both Explorer and Device Manager. Checking event logs it shows this error:

    The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor2, did not respond within the timeout period.

    If I check Intel Matrix storage manager (8.9.0.1023), the dvd drive disappears from there as well.

    After this happens, I cannot eject the dvd drive anymore. And shutdown would hang - I'll have to force the shutdown.

    The DVD drive would appear after rebooting, but it is just not usable.

    Any one have the same issue? Your help / comments is highly appreciated.

    RogerAce
     
    rogerace, Nov 9, 2009
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