Saturday, August 27, 2016

Windows 10 quirks, part 1

Windows 10, loving it.  However, a couple of strange quirks have popped up.  Sharing those here:

ASUS SBW-06D2X-U DVD/BD stopped working.  Had been using this fine.  Used it to install the computer in fact.  Had been working fine under Windows 10 for a few months.  Then mysteriously after a reboot, the device wouldn't show up.  I'd plug it in, get the sound that the device was recognized successfully, but it wouldn't show up on the system.  Looked in the Device Manager, it was seen there (after I elected to show hidden devices, ahem!), however, Windows said it wasn't attached.  Strange.  Googled some posts, lots of stuff about removing ATAPI drivers, IDE base, etc.  Not for me since this is a USB device.  I removed the device from device manager hoping that on next plug-in it would be recognized and new drivers would be installed.  No dice, plugging in got me the same success sound but the device didn't show up.  DANGIT!  Googled some more and found posts (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/asus-sbw-06d2x-u-will-not-work-in-windows-10/9865fa58-b14b-4670-94fd-a542cc270051?auth=1) saying that there was another device it was showing up as - INITIO combo device.  On a whim, removed that device, unplugged and replugged in the device, and magic, it all works now.  Yay.

So, strange that this was working, looks like a new(er?) windows device driver showed up and decided it was in control of this device and blocked the ASUS driver from owning the device.