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does anyone know how i might be able to get a sony crx140E cd-rw drive to work as at the moment my BIOS does not even detect it on any of the systems i have (inculding a prehistoric 486DX 33 i have) also my friend has just bought a philips cdrw2412A cd-rw drive but it will NOT create Audio cds of any kind with either Roxio easy cd creator 5 basic or nero burning rom 5.5.8.2

any help would be greatly appreciated

If The pc is newish you do not need an audio cable and most sound cards have an audio/cd in on them even if it is onboard.

c.b.

unknown kernel wrote:
> On the undetected CD drive: if the BIOS isn't picking it up then you
> need to check a few things. Check the jumper settings at the back of
> the unit: if the cd drive is sharing an IDE cable with your hard drive
> then this will probably need to be set as a slave not a master device.
> There should be instructions on how to change the jumpers either on
> the drive itself or with the documentation. It's better to have your
> CD drive on a seperate IDE controller anyway: if this is the case,
> check that it hasn't been disabled in the BIOS. Other than that: try
> swapping round IDE cables and power cables, because this could be a
> problem. And I might as well tell you what tech support would say:
> did you plug the cables in right; seat and reseat them...blah, blah,
> blah.
>
> On the non-burning CD drive: can it PLAY audio CDs?

yes but it doesn't have a cd-audio cable going to the motherbord as i don't think there is an aux socket

On the undetected CD drive: if the BIOS isn't picking it up then you need to check a few things. Check the jumper settings at the back of the unit: if the cd drive is sharing an IDE cable with your hard drive then this will probably need to be set as a slave not a master device. There should be instructions on how to change the jumpers either on the drive itself or with the documentation. It's better to have your CD drive on a seperate IDE controller anyway: if this is the case, check that it hasn't been disabled in the BIOS. Other than that: try swapping round IDE cables and power cables, because this could be a problem. And I might as well tell you what tech support would say: did you plug the cables in right; seat and reseat them...blah, blah, blah.

On the non-burning CD drive: can it PLAY audio CDs?

Give us more details mate on both problems like operating systems and what happens when your freind tries copying audio cd's. also it is recomended that you use a P1 160 mmx or higher for Cd writers mate.

c.b.

does anyone know how i might be able to get a sony crx140E cd-rw drive to work as at the moment my BIOS does not even detect it on any of the systems i have (inculding a prehistoric 486DX 33 i have) also my friend has just bought a philips cdrw2412A cd-rw drive but it will NOT create Audio cds of any kind with either Roxio easy cd creator 5 basic or nero burning rom 5.5.8.2

any help would be greatly appreciated