MSI 8348 Not recongnized anymore in NERO and CDRWIN??

[maleboog]

Hi,

I got an MSI 8348 about 2 months ago, and it has been working fine until last week. At first the computer wouldnt see the CDROM, and same day (earlier), my son said he couldnt burn a CD, that Nero wouldnt recongnize the CDROM at all (in my computer). Thats when I seen the PC wasnt seeing it.
Well, I went to CP and system and deleted the CDRW and restarted the PC. BIOS recongnized it and now the PC sees it, but nothing sees it as a burner anymore.
I tried re installing Nero, and also tried WINCDR, and niether see it as a burner?? BIOS and Control panel System both ID it as a CDRW...

I am have Win ME, and like I said it burned for like 1/34 months and just like that...

Any help would be greatly appreicated!!

Curt

[forbjok]

Sounds like something could be wrong with the IDE controller or something. Have you tried moving it to another IDE controller?

For example, if your HD is at IDE1 and your CD-ROM and CD-RW is at IDE2, try moving the CD-RW to IDE1 as slave instead.

Also, is the CD-RW set as Master on the controller it's on? Many CD-RW drives don't like being set to slave.

If it's any of the above, there's always the possibility of the CD-RW drive being damaged.

[maleboog]

I was thinking it could be a problm like you said concerning the hardware, but dismissed it coz it had worked fine for almost 2 months??