New DVD Burner is Listed as a CD ROM in the Device Manager

[Robert T]

Hello:

I’m using Windows XP Media edition. I have 2 DVD’s in my system, one of
which is a DVD burner while the second one is a read only DVD combo drive.
Unfortunately, the LG DVD burner would only burn DVDs, it would not burn CDs.
Therefore I purchased a new Sony-NEC DVD burner and installed it Sunday. The
Sony-NEC DVD drive works properly, I can now burn both CDs and DVDs, however,
there appears to be a problem.

In the Device Manager, the new DVD drive is listed as a CD ROM instead of as
a DVD R/W.

In Windows Explorer, it’s listed as a DVD Ram or Rom drive, I can’t remember
which one.

With the original LG DVD burner, it was correctly listed in both the Device
Manager and in Windows Explorer as a DVD R/W with the correct model name.

Thanks,
Robert

 

[Jim]

"Robert T" <RobertT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A05C09E4-F819-4E96-B298-ACD0AEFB57A1@microsoft.com...
> Hello:
>
> I'm using Windows XP Media edition. I have 2 DVD's in my system, one of
> which is a DVD burner while the second one is a read only DVD combo drive.
> Unfortunately, the LG DVD burner would only burn DVDs, it would not burn
> CDs.
> Therefore I purchased a new Sony-NEC DVD burner and installed it Sunday.
> The
> Sony-NEC DVD drive works properly, I can now burn both CDs and DVDs,
> however,
> there appears to be a problem.
>
> In the Device Manager, the new DVD drive is listed as a CD ROM instead of
> as
> a DVD R/W.
>
> In Windows Explorer, it's listed as a DVD Ram or Rom drive, I can't
> remember
> which one.
>
> With the original LG DVD burner, it was correctly listed in both the
> Device
> Manager and in Windows Explorer as a DVD R/W with the correct model name.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
An explanation for your situation is that when Windows asked the controller
what kind of device is connected to it, the Sony replied CD ROM. However,
the LG replied DVD/RW.
However, as long as you can burn and read DVD disks in the Sony, there
really isn't anything to worry about. It is just a label.
Jim

 

[Robert T]

Hello Jim:

Thanks for the reply. Even though everything's working properly, I was
concerned that it might be a driver or firm update issue causing the Device
Manager to read the wrong information. But as you said, everything's working
well so far [at least it has for the past 2 days].

Robert

"Jim" wrote:

> An explanation for your situation is that when Windows asked the controller
> what kind of device is connected to it, the Sony replied CD ROM. However,
> the LG replied DVD/RW.
> However, as long as you can burn and read DVD disks in the Sony, there
> really isn't anything to worry about. It is just a label.
> Jim

 

[Jim]

"Robert T" <RobertT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8190EB9D-3794-4BAA-AF4E-469A4450CFA2@microsoft.com...
> Hello Jim:
>
> Thanks for the reply. Even though everything's working properly, I was
> concerned that it might be a driver or firm update issue causing the
> Device
> Manager to read the wrong information. But as you said, everything's
> working
> well so far [at least it has for the past 2 days].
>
> Robert
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>
>> An explanation for your situation is that when Windows asked the
>> controller
>> what kind of device is connected to it, the Sony replied CD ROM.
>> However,
>> the LG replied DVD/RW.
>> However, as long as you can burn and read DVD disks in the Sony, there
>> really isn't anything to worry about. It is just a label.
>> Jim
>
It is more likely a firmware problem. For some reason, the drive is
misreporting its identity.
Jim