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. 72+ hours without any timeout errors and counting.:cheesy: :) :cool:
Many thanks to all who responded and offered insight & assistance.
Telecorder
I have been getting the same issue. I have tried various drives - reinstalling drivers etc. Sometimes drives work for a week then problem comes back i have even reinstalled and problem came back again i am lost. Drives are recognised if i open them then scan for new hardware but they dissappear soon after. They are recognised in the bios all the time the problem starts when windows does?:sad: