DVD drive halting boot

[hlmichel]

I've got a strange problem.
I'm running windows xp.
I installed a DVD player in my computer as a slave the the CD-RW. Windows halts at the logo screen. The screen is very dim. If I leave the computer alone for 5 to ten minutes windows may start but the DVD will not show up.
I've tried the DVD as master and slave with the same results.
If I leave a disk in the DVD drive windows will start without a hitch. Also, if I forget to leave a disk in the drive windows will boot if I open the drive and put in a disk.

I've been looking all over the internet for an answer to this problem but so far have found nothing.

Thank you

 

[Rik]

What exactly is your computer???

 

[hlmichel]

Computer is home grown.
Athlon 1.1 Ghz
Gigabyte 7NS400S-L
512 Mb PC2700 (PNY)
Asus V7100 32 mb
Western Digital WD1200-JB
Generic CD-RW 52x
BTC 16x DVD

 

[Rik]

What make and wattage is the psu?

 

[hlmichel]

It's a 400w Logisys

 

[Rik]

Do you have a different data cable you can try????

 

[triiifashions]

kinda low wattage????

may be not enough power or faulty supply?

or a faulty drive never heard of such a thing keep us posted

 

[hlmichel]

I tried a couple different data cables. The one I'm using right now is the one that came with the DVD.

It seems that this one will remain a mystery.

I guess it's not such a big deal to keep a disk in the drive. I've had the Sacred Underworld dvd in there for months. The only reason this issue came up again was because I stopped playing and had forgotten the 'other reason' the disk was always in the drive.

 

[hlmichel]

Solved

After quite a bit of research I came across bootvis.msi. After installing it identified nvatabus as taking too long to load.

I uninstalled the IDE drivers and reinstalled. Everything works now.