BenQ DW1640 not detected

For whatever reason, my BenQ DW1640 was not detected during the installation
of Vista RC1. It did pick up my ancient Pioneer DVD-ROM. Anyone else have a
similar issue?
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Vista 5600

"Dan Bell" <(donotspam)> wrote in message
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> For whatever reason, my BenQ DW1640 was not detected during the
> installation
> of Vista RC1. It did pick up my ancient Pioneer DVD-ROM. Anyone else have
> a
> similar issue?
> --
> Vista 5600

No problems with the DW1620

Thanks for responding. After I posted, I kept at it and finally fixed it
rather easily. I went to Start|Computer|right-clicked| went to properties in
the drop down menu|Device Manager| then to cd/dvd drives catagory. I just
right clicked and scanned for hardware changes. Then it picked up the
Benq1640 immediately and installed it. Works fine now, but it is rather odd I
had to go thru these steps.

~dan
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Vista 5600


"Leadfoot" wrote:

>
> "Dan Bell" <(donotspam)> wrote in message
> news:219481E9-4F39-4680-8F65-...
> > For whatever reason, my BenQ DW1640 was not detected during the
> > installation
> > of Vista RC1. It did pick up my ancient Pioneer DVD-ROM. Anyone else have
> > a
> > similar issue?
> > --
> > Vista 5600
>
> No problems with the DW1620
>
>

I had similar problems with a Philips PBDV1640 which is a BenQ clone and the
cure was the same.

Ehh.. so why are you claiming your 1670 is a 1640? BTW my benq 1640 works
just fine. And btw, benq and liteon are not compatible, they both use
totally different chipsets.

"rabgers" <> wrote in message
news:1E8DC61F-F231-4049-B50D-...
>I have the benq dw1670 masquerading as a liteon drive, anyway running rc1
>x64
> since monday and suddenly today the drive is marked in device manager with
> a
> code 32 error. device drivers were installed properly but something is
> stopping them starting, any ideas would be a great help
>
> "Flash" wrote:
>
>> I had similar problems with a Philips PBDV1640 which is a BenQ clone and
>> the
>> cure was the same.