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Sony OptiArc AD7240 not seen
During the install of 10041 I found that it was taking over 10 hours. Forced a reboot and the OS came up. When I tried to run a program install from a CD (non-bootable) the drive did not run. Only a bootable installer (W10) on a clean startup is recognized. I suspecthat W10 keeps trying to find the drive as the drivers should be included.
Seems that the AD-7240 is known for this behavior, as it was present in earlier versions of Windows. Oddly, I never had a problem with the drive in Windows XP or 7. It is reported on several sites that it does not matter which version of the drive firmware is in place either. The BIOS for the motherboard sees the drive btw. To test further, I installed a Sony DVD-rom drive using a PATA connection and it is seen both in the BIOS and in Device Manager. I will test further when a new SATA DVD Burner arrives.
Just a heads up.