nothing i do makes my DVDROM show up.  i went into device manager and tried to update the driver and after a minute it comes back and says the driver is already up to date.

i have
Intel pentium dual core processor
windows vista
32 bit operating system

dont know what other info might help whoever may be hopefully about to help me, but let me know what you might needOne of these may help:
1. UNINSTALL the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll SEE two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.thanks for your help. but right after i finished posting here, i hunted some more and found a "Code 39" fix which is what it was saying in the device manager.  something about it couldnt launch drivers because of bla bla "Code 39" so i followed the instructions i found and it was a perfect fix!

Thank you again for your  help!



To solve this Code 39 error, follow these instructions:

NOTE: After removing these registry keys and rebooting, it may be necessary to reinstall any CD or DVD recording applications.

1) Close all open programs

2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and PRESS Enter

3) Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

    * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    * SYSTEM
    * CurrentControlSet
    * Control
    * Class
    * {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

4) This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

    * UpperFilters
    * LowerFilters
    * UpperFilters.bak
    * LowerFilters.bak

5) If  any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and CHOOSE Delete

6) After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor

7) Reboot your computer

Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone.That's it. That was my fix #2.
I'm glad, you got it going