Is my motherboard dying?

[Atomic Rooster]

I'd guess either PRI SATA or SATA 1.

What motherboard do you have?

 

[SilentSteps]

ASUS K8V SE Deluxe.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

After looking at the manual. the DVD drive should be attached to the SATA 1 connector. The SATA PRI and SEC connectors are for RAID setups and do not support CD and DVD drives.