Windows 10: CD/DVD burner will not work in AHCI mode, do you have a fix?

Hello,

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and an SSD. I know you are supposed to run in AHCI for an SSD, and did a full Windows 10 install after enabling this setting in BIOS. Now my CD/DVD burner will spin up, but will not read disc's in Windows.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks,
RH

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Why not set the DVD in IDE mode? Normally you can change mode per device. Check your BIOS and if you can set only the DVD in IDE mode.

 

Unfortunately, my the BIOS on my MOBO (4 going on 5 years old) does global changes only, not a per device change.

 

Check the SATA cable, replace it, if you have a spare.

 

I have tried three other spares and two new ones. This is the third system the drive has been in ( circa 2007 ), so there is a possibility that drive just does not support AHCI.

I have six SATA 6.0 ports on my MSI board and have tired them as well, and no go. I am running the CD/DVD drive, 850 EVO120Gb, and WD 1 Tb Black drive. Both the SSD and HDD work perfectly fine in both IDE mode and AHCI.

The link below is the MOBO I have.
MSI USA - Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

 

Yes, probably old models support IDE legacy mode only, not AHCI.

 

What model is the optical drive? It'd be nice to look it up to see whether AHCI would be an issue with it. (Are there really SATA drives that don't support AHCI? Not a rhetorical question.)

(One of my mottoes: Why speculate when the facts are available?)

 

Probably old SATA drivers do not support AHCI, but cannot tell for sure. In old systems I use IDE mode to be sure, I reserve AHCI for newer systems only.

 

I had troubles with optical drives working under AHCI on my old Phenom 1 computer. However AHCI implementation was cheesy at best for that 790FX+SB600 chipset.

OP's chipset is also AMD Hudson D3. Does anybody know how it's AMD AHCI implementation for recent chipsets? I know for sure older ones had some issues.

 

That's why I prefer legacy modes for old systems and keep new stuff for the newer computers. To be on the safe side compatibility-wise. Besides I can hardly notice any performance difference between IDE mode and AHCI. I would say it's mostly a phychological factor, that is you think is faster and you feel better.

 

AHCI is almost mandatory if you use an SSD. Mine runs 50% slower under IDE mode.
If you do not have any SSDs, you can improve compatibility by running in IDE mode, specially for older setups, as spapakons has suggested.

Also, back on topic. OP seems to have a newer AMD chipset so, in theory, running AHCI should not pose any issues.

To OP: Check to see if there is any BIOS update available. A friend of mine has got a not so old Phenom II PC and we updated its BIOS after some minor issues with storage. One of the BIOS updates had corrected some compatibilities related to AHCI/storage.

PS - Later BIOS for your mainboard is v2.0
The only remarkable changelog note is Windows 8 support. As Windows 10 is akin to 8, maybe you should consider updating, but keep in mind that it can be dangerous business. MSI says that you must run BIOS update from USB pendrive and that the system will restart SEVERAL TIMES. Do not remove the pendrive until the process has succesfully ended.

 

​TSSTcorp CDDVD ts-h653q is the make of the drive.

 

When updating BIOS, keep the notebook connected to the AC power and disable any antivirus if done with a Windows utility. Cross your fingers that the process will not be interrupted, otherwise your notebook will be non-functional. There is always the possibility that your motherboard supports AHCI, but the DVD is not. If you can find it, you could also attempt to upgrade the DVD firmware for better compatibility. Same rules apply! Keep I in AC power, disable antivirus and do not interrupt the process for any reason.