WinXP Blues
December 9th 03, 11:55 AM
Hi,
It may be as simple as updating the CD Rom drivers. Please
post the specifics on your Creative CD Rom? We may be able
to point you to the correct drivers for WinXP.
Sleepless
>-----Original Message-----
>I ungraded to XP-Home Edition. Neither one of my CD-Roms
>would operate; I went to TDK and upgraded the software for
>my CD/RW and it now works. But my regular CD-Rom by
>Creative Labs does not still. I put in a CD and it reads
>and then kicks it back out. I went to Creative Labs site
>and their message was: IDE drivers for your CD-Rom are
>based upon the computer's operating system and motherboard
>chipset, and are included with the Operating System or
>mortherboard software. IDE drivers will be installed by
>the Operating System when the CD-Rom drive is detected.
>Drivers can then be updated with the motherboard specific
>drivers if required. However, when I went to Intel to
>check for updates on my ATX motherboard, it tells me they
>are no longer making this motherboard and no updates are
>available. What do I have to do to make this CD-Rom or do
>I have to replace it? The computer company that put
>together my computer tells me the driver may be bad. What
>do you all think?
>.
>
It may be as simple as updating the CD Rom drivers. Please
post the specifics on your Creative CD Rom? We may be able
to point you to the correct drivers for WinXP.
Sleepless
>-----Original Message-----
>I ungraded to XP-Home Edition. Neither one of my CD-Roms
>would operate; I went to TDK and upgraded the software for
>my CD/RW and it now works. But my regular CD-Rom by
>Creative Labs does not still. I put in a CD and it reads
>and then kicks it back out. I went to Creative Labs site
>and their message was: IDE drivers for your CD-Rom are
>based upon the computer's operating system and motherboard
>chipset, and are included with the Operating System or
>mortherboard software. IDE drivers will be installed by
>the Operating System when the CD-Rom drive is detected.
>Drivers can then be updated with the motherboard specific
>drivers if required. However, when I went to Intel to
>check for updates on my ATX motherboard, it tells me they
>are no longer making this motherboard and no updates are
>available. What do I have to do to make this CD-Rom or do
>I have to replace it? The computer company that put
>together my computer tells me the driver may be bad. What
>do you all think?
>.
>