Modular bay devices doesn't show up anymore

Question

Have just switched to Windows XP from Windows 2000 with a bunch of irritating problems. One is that my modular bay devices does not show up automatically when inserted anymore, which they did with Windows 2000. Now I have to enter the device manager and scan for hardware changes for the devices to show up, why is that? I don't have a 'safe removal tool' visible either, but I managed to find a way to start it. However, nothing shows up there, no modular bay devices, not even my usb webcam. They were all there in Windows 2000. What's going on here?

JRosenfeld · Answer

As it was a clean install, you might still need to install the chipset drivers. Downloads for the Precision M50 are listed here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=WRK_NBK_PNT_P4_M50&category=0&os=WW1&osl=EN

Thomas_L · Answer

No change whatsoever, I still need to scan for hardware changes for the devices to show up. Would be interesting to hear from others with XP that used module bay devices.

Thomas_L · Answer

Didn't need any drivers in W2K, but I'll give these a try.

OneTrickDog · Answer

Was this a clean install of XP or an upgrade? What are the devices and did you install the drivers for the devices?

Thomas_L · Answer

It was a clean install of XP SP2. Have not installed any drivers, don't think there are any (neede). The devices are a harddrive and a dvd+rw. I have a floppy too but that one works okay, in fact it's always visible even when it's not in the bay (not like this in W2K). When I reboot they usually shows up, but what's more irritaing, they steal the drive letter that's already assigned to my network drives, so I have to change this every time. Is this a normal 'feature' in XP? It does not work like this with W2K, the drive letters already assigned by a network drive can't be used by any other drive before it has been disconnected, it's simply unavailable in the disc management.

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Modular bay devices doesn't show up anymore

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