cd/dvd drive device driver missing at installation

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I've seen simular post as this one but haven't found the appropriate answer
yet....
My problem is this: I'm trying to install Vista Home Premium 64bit on a
brand new
configuration with dual core intel, asus P5W Deluxe motherboard, Plextor
DVD-rom PX 130A, and NEC DVD RW ND 3550A. At installation Vista alerts that a
required cd-dvd driver cannot be found.
I have tried all possible set-ups with both optical devices (master-slave,
single-combined), even tried others from another desktop that I have but
always with the same result. I have also updated my bios and flashed all
devices to the latest
firmware without any result.
Really getting desperate now ....
 
The strangest thing: I did a perfect clean Windows XP home install from the
Plextor DVD PX-130A drive. After installation, when I insert the Vista DVD,
the drive is recognised (as cd-rom) but cannot read its content. In fact, it
does not recognise any disk. The other drive works fine....
Is there a compatibility or a bios issue?
 
A DVD driver has one laser for the DVD side and another for the CD side. If
it's not reading any DVDs, then the DVD laser has probably died.
 
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