I failed to mention when I uninstall one of the listed storage controller
drivers the DVD/CD-ROM drive will become active and stay operational until a
restart.

"SpyCatcher" wrote:
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> Thank you for responding however your assumption that one or more hardware
> items may have gone bad in my case is incorrect. If a hardware items had gone
> bad I would NOT have been able to reinstall the OS. Therefore there may be a
> driver conflict; if you have the time to research in other forums there will
> be numerous listings indicating problems with DVD/CD-ROM and SATA drives that
> have stopped responding.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > If formatting and reinstalling does not resolve the issue, then you have a
> > hardware problem. Either the drive, the controller cable, or the motherboard
> > socket is bad. Reseating may help.
> >
> > It is not unusual to have two listings of controller cables in Device
> > Manager if more than one cable is in use on the system. There would be one
> > listing for each. It'd only be an issue if the controller driver wasn't
> > loading properly, and that'd be indicated by a !bang in front of the device.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> > Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
> > My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]
> >
> > "SpyCatcher" <onespycatcher********.com> wrote in message
> > news:DBFA3AAB-711E-4B34-96BE-72EBD6A9AE82@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > >I have the same problem in Vista X32 the DVD-Rom disappears and or will not
> > > respond when a disc is in the drive; formatting and reinstalling the OS
> > > does
> > > not solve the problem.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately the fix that Rick Rogers listed DOES NOT WORK or FIX the
> > > PROBLEM.
> > >
> > > What I believe to be the problem is a conflict in the "storage controller
> > > drivers"; in the device manager I have 2 listed "ITE IT8212 ATA RAID
> > > Controller and Microsoft iSCSI Initiator".
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas how to fix or disable MS initiator driver please
> > > share
> > > your experience.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
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> >
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