Windows 10: Even BIOS seems to say DVD drive has no media

Discus and support Even BIOS seems to say DVD drive has no media in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi Gigabyte B75M-D3H Windows 1803 DVD drive has always worked. I have 6 SATA ports, 6 HDDs and DVD drive, so have had to have at least 1 HDD on a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by macnab, Nov 22, 2018.

  1. MACNAB
    macnab Win User

    Even BIOS seems to say DVD drive has no media


    Hi

    Gigabyte B75M-D3H
    Windows 1803

    DVD drive has always worked.
    I have 6 SATA ports, 6 HDDs and DVD drive, so have had to have at least 1 HDD on a USB/SATA adapter.
    Installed a Marvell 2 port SATA expander slot, and so ran out of SATA power connectors and didn't reconnect the DVD drive.
    Extra SATA ports work, but not properly, so I am trying to get the DVD drive working again, to use the supplied disk.

    Have tried it on 2 (motherboard) SATA ports: BIOS identifies it correctly, accepts it as primary boot device, but won't boot from it.
    Once running Windows it says No Media. Which is what my BIOS is also saying, seeing as it refuses to bot from it.

    Presumably I can assume the drive has failed? Unfortunately no access to a different DVD drive to do a swap test.

    :)
     
    macnab, Nov 22, 2018
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  2. JOOSUJIN
    Joosujin Win User

    CD/DVD drive is not correctly displayed

    All the resolutions listed under Method 1 apply to the cases when CD/DVD drive is not recognized by Windows or other programs. Fortunately, my drive is recognized by Windows and other programs. I tried all the step-by-step resolutions listed, but did not
    work. For some reason, my CD/DVD drive icon is not the right icon for the drive, and is for compact flash. Any idea?

    I also reset my BIOS settings back to factory reset, but it did not help.
     
    Joosujin, Nov 22, 2018
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  3. BREE
    Bree Win User
    Dvd drive not showing


    Is this the HP 15r014tx in your system specs? If so, try the steps in this thread....
    https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebo...r/td-p/6186456

    It may be that your DVD drive has a hardware failure (as was suggested in that thread).

    More HP support and diagnosis suggestions here in their Help pages....
    HP PCs - CD/DVD Drive Is Not Detected (Windows 10, 8) | HP® Customer Support
     
    Bree, Nov 22, 2018
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  4. C_C
    c_C Win User

    Even BIOS seems to say DVD drive has no media

    DVD Drive issues.

    The games used to run, now apparently the disks don't even read.

    Go to Device Manager and remove the DVD
    Scan for hardware changes and update driver as OS suggests

    Still not working?

    1) Clean the heads.
    2) Run a diagnostic program on the drive.

    Nothing else has changed about your system aside from the OS?

    Revert to XP Home, assuming you don't find the source of the problem in steps above.
     
    c_C, Nov 22, 2018
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