I physically swapped the drives in the PC case to facilitate installing the CD-RW at the end of the 40-pin/80-conductor cable as the jumpered Master and the DVD-ROM at mid-cable as jumpered Slave....

I installed upgrade Intel drivers for the BIOS, Mobo and chipset; installed updated Firmware for both the optical drives and latest IAA thinking that, perhaps, one or more would addresss the issue....

Not as yet. As in everything, when somethings has always worked without any problems, you usually like it; If you have problems and get frustrated, you dislike or hate it.

Having said that, its...

My apologies for the length but am unsure of specific diagnostic data needed for trouble shooting responses. From perusing the threads, there are a lot of competent people who are really sharp in...