Trouble with Pioneeer 111D

I found out that my external DVD drive with firmware 1.29 was the cause
of my Vista Ultimate 64 bit lockups and sudden power offs. So I removed
it from the enclosure and put it on the IDE channel on the motherboard.
Now if I put a disc in the drive Windows pauses all activity except for
already open windows and programs. I can call task manager, but until I
eject the disc it doesn't appear. As soon as I eject the disc, any
programs I tried to start open up.

How the heck can Vista not be compatible with an IDE DVD drive? XP had
no problems with it. So now I have to go buy a SATA DVD drive just to
be able to use basic functionality.


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deaden_07

Do you have the DVD drive correctly jumpered, ie master or slave? Is it on
the primary or secondary IDE channel?

(I have the 111D here, no issues at all with Vista)


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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation

"deaden_07" <deaden_07.2v04p5.RemoveThis@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> I found out that my external DVD drive with firmware 1.29 was the cause
> of my Vista Ultimate 64 bit lockups and sudden power offs. So I removed
> it from the enclosure and put it on the IDE channel on the motherboard.
> Now if I put a disc in the drive Windows pauses all activity except for
> already open windows and programs. I can call task manager, but until I
> eject the disc it doesn't appear. As soon as I eject the disc, any
> programs I tried to start open up.
>
> How the heck can Vista not be compatible with an IDE DVD drive? XP had
> no problems with it. So now I have to go buy a SATA DVD drive just to
> be able to use basic functionality.
>
>
> --
> deaden_07