Reversion problems

**ULC** · 06-28-2008, 04:52

Nope, I did a clean install, and had backed up everything important on my secondary drive before wiping everything clean and installing XP. As for drivers, it's a yes no thing. I had XP running fine before, but I installed the DVD drive when Vista was the OS, and now I can't get the chipset drivers from Acer :(.

**Whacker** · 06-28-2008, 06:12

Hrmmm, sounds fishy, I know of no optical drives that require special drivers. What is your system make/model and specs?

**ULC** · 06-30-2008, 02:25

Gateway GT 5656
Dual Core AMD 3.0ghz processor
3GB memory
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7371A

I don't know what else you need to know though.

**Whacker** · 06-30-2008, 04:18

Hmmm, I'm at a bit of a loss here. It could be that your DVD drive is going bad. When you go to Settings/Control Panel/System, Hardware Tab, then Device Manager button, does it show you as having any yellow question marks? If so what are they listed as?

**ULC** · 06-30-2008, 18:29

None, It shows that the Optiarc has drivers installed and is functioning properly, but it lists it as a DVD/CD-ROM drives, and the manufacturer as "(Standard CD-ROM drives)", with a Location of 0(0). I checked the drivers, and it only has cdrom.sys, imapi.sys, redbook.sys, and storprop.dll. If I attempt to roll back the drivers, it says the drivers are not backed up, but it won;t let me proceed either. If I try to update, it says It can't find any better software, the driver version being provided my Microsoft...arrrggg...

**Whacker** · 06-30-2008, 18:44

A bit of searching turned up this: http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=25459

It's not the exact same model as your driver and not the same problem, but at your discretion you could give it a shot. Please don't blame me if it hoses up your system.

Other than that, I don't know what else to tell you. If you're technically inclined or know someone who is, you could always spend $20 on Newegg and get a nice new burner shipped...