[Gllug] OT re CD Drives.

[Dylan]

On Thursday 21 Apr 2005 17:53 pm, john gennard wrote:
<SNIP>

> So my first
> query, how was I able to get the audio play -back?.

Some software cd players will read the cd as data and decode the audio 
themselves for playback. In that instance, you don't need the audio 
connection. Simpler players just tell the drive to "play" "stop" etc 
and the drive does the audio and passes it to the sound card through 
the audio connection.

<SNIP>
> Both these CD Drives are on the second IDE channel, so I
> can't believe a Mobo or cable problem accounts for the
> difficulties.

I'd try the new one as the master device alone on the IDE channel, and 
also try a different cable. The connections between the ribbon and the 
plug can be flaky, and one device can malfunction while the other works 
fine. 

Also, make sure you try various cds as some of those new "security 
protected" ones will work fine in one drive but not another, or even 
intermittently in the same drive.

Dylan
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