Help with drivers

[Crispy Dave]

ok so I am despratly looking for a driver for my DVD drive and I cant find one.this (http://www.memorex.com/products/product_details.php?section=&CID=&SID=&PID=744&FID=) is my drive that I need a driver for. When I try searching all I get is these stupid driver scanners crap.

[Flame of Anor]

Why don't you try posting on Yahoo Answers?

[Reinboom]

What is your operating system, service pack release if windows, and if possible bios information or maker of your tower?

[Crispy Dave]

What is your operating system, service pack release if windows, and if possible bios information or maker of your tower?

Win XP pro SP3. comp is custom build whitebox

[Rawhide]

Then you should not need any drivers to use the drive to read CDs or DVDs, all the drivers you require should be included in your operating system.

If you want to watch DVD movies, you will need to install a DVD player application, which should have been included in the box or you may need to pay for, I recommend PowerDVD.

If you want to burn CDs, you will need to install CD burning software (which will include any burning drivers you may require, such as ASPI). This should also have been included in the box or you may need to purchase one, I recommend Nero.

[purple gelatinous cube o' Doom]

If you need help with it, why not ask Memorex tech support seeing as they are the ones who made the drive.

[Fawkes]

Why don't you try posting on Yahoo Answers?

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[Crispy Dave]

Then you should not need any drivers to use the drive to read CDs or DVDs, all the drivers you require should be included in your operating system.

If you want to watch DVD movies, you will need to install a DVD player application, which should have been included in the box or you may need to pay for, I recommend PowerDVD.

If you want to burn CDs, you will need to install CD burning software (which will include any burning drivers you may require, such as ASPI). This should also have been included in the box or you may need to purchase one, I recommend Nero.

no I need a driver for it its not working right.


If you need help with it, why not ask Memorex tech support seeing as they are the ones who made the drive.

I have thier teck support sucks

[Rawhide]

no I need a driver for it its not working right.



I have thier teck support sucks

How is it 'not working right'? Can you explain the symptoms? Any error messages?

If the operating system is unable to locate and install a driver for a CD-Rom/DVD-Rom drive, then that is indicative of what is likely a serious problem with your operating system, not the drive.

[Crispy Dave]

How is it 'not working right'? Can you explain the symptoms? Any error messages?

If the operating system is unable to locate and install a driver for a CD-Rom/DVD-Rom drive, then that is indicative of what is likely a serious problem with your operating system, not the drive.

the disk tray is not opening for me It used to just fine

[FdL]

Well, they're right. DVD and cd drives don't usually need drivers in windows, as long as I have known it (dunno Vista but doubt it). It's the motherboard's controller which does the job of recognizing it and making it available for the OS. And what the OS does is quite simple.

Now, it doesn't eject the tray mechanically or with the option in Windows??

[Crispy Dave]

Well, they're right. DVD and cd drives don't usually need drivers in windows, as long as I have known it (dunno Vista but doubt it). It's the motherboard's controller which does the job of recognizing it and making it available for the OS. And what the OS does is quite simple.

Now, it doesn't eject the tray mechanically or with the option in Windows??

mechanically it just kindov grunts at me

[FdL]

mechanically it just kindov grunts at me

Well, then that isn't a driver problem then, is it? Sounds like it's something mechanical :s Any chance of returning it?

[Crispy Dave]

uhhhh dammit this is the secont DvD drive that has broke on me and no no return

[Crispy Dave]

hmm it seems if I press it three times fast it opens and if theres a disk it opens with one press.

[FdL]

Sorry to hear. Maybe it's not such a difficult thing to fix. Tried the manual eject thing? With a straightened paper clip, inserting it in a little hole that's in the front to spring the eject mechanism.

Warning: do try this at your own responsibility. It's not like anything will break doing that though, as it's a designed feature of drives. But well, be careful anyway.

[Crispy Dave]

Sorry to hear. Maybe it's not such a difficult thing to fix. Tried the manual eject thing? With a straightened paper clip, inserting it in a little hole that's in the front to spring the eject mechanism.

Warning: do try this at your own responsibility. It's not like anything will break doing that though, as it's a designed feature of drives. But well, be careful anyway.

well I found a program that opens your disk tray but I cant find how to tell it to open your slave drive. I will have to work at this.

if anyone knows of a better program that opens your disk drive for you please let me know.

[FdL]

well I found a program that opens your disk tray but I cant find how to tell it to open your slave drive. I will have to work at this.

if anyone knows of a better program that opens your disk drive for you please let me know.

So you can open it by software. That's good! Means the mechanism is not broken, only the button, if at all.

[Crispy Dave]

So you can open it by software. That's good! Means the mechanism is not broken, only the button, if at all.

no im not sure because the drive thats not working is a slave drive

[Rawhide]

well I found a program that opens your disk tray but I cant find how to tell it to open your slave drive. I will have to work at this.

if anyone knows of a better program that opens your disk drive for you please let me know.

Richt click the drive in My Computer and click Eject.

It certainly sounds like a mechanical fault, rather than a software issue.

[Crispy Dave]

Richt click the drive in My Computer and click Eject.

It certainly sounds like a mechanical fault, rather than a software issue.

ya its broken then time to add another part to my list of parts needed.