NO hardware interrupt available

[ss396]

I was attempting to replace my SCSI R/RW CD-ROM with a IDE DVD drive (Pioneer). I installed the new drive on it's on controller as master a got several messages
"1880 PCI/PNP ERROR No Hardware interrupt available"

The device list shows the drive, but any cd in the drive I try to read I get a message, Disk not in a format readable by windows" , or something to that effect.

Any ideas on what/ why this in happening.

I even removed the scsi card and all devices.

 

[gargouille]

What's your OS?

What's the rest of your system?

"on its own controller" means alone on an IDE channel or on add-on controller card?

Tried downloading newest codecs?

 

[Snickle]

Did you install the CD that came with the motherboard? It has the proper drivers for the chipset and IDE controller which controls both the Primary and Secondary channels.

 

[ss396]

The OS is Win XP - Home. The drive is on it's own IDE channel as master. The message has gone away, the OS recognizes the drive, but will not read. It says the CD is not formated or is in a format unreadable by windows.

Thanks for your help.

 

[gargouille]

Dowload the latest codecs, (he sez again) LOL

Might even try a repair install of XP...there should be enough updated codecs to get it going.

Sounds (pardon the pun) like that's the issue...it's not finding the right ones.
Your file associations in Windows Explorer/tools/Folder options should include .cda and dvd under Filetypes...but those associations (in my experience) haven't had a problem in this OS. If so in your case...adding them might get you there...

 

[KLewisBPM]

Are you getting any errors before you load into windows!

Kind Regards

Kelley Lewis

 

[ss396]

Thanks for your help, I think I have resolve it to be a bad drive. When a disc is inserted it doesn't even start to spin.

Thanks