replacing correct cdrom driver with one for a drive that can be read digitally

[JacobM5727]

1.can i?
2.if there is a risk to the drive i do not care
3.i currently have a liteon 301


i really wanna rip again

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[muno]

I've never heard of such a thing that a driver could damage hardware - directly. What's wrong with analog ripping?
-M

[JacobM5727]

nothing is wrong but it used to be able to rip digitally and i want to get that back http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[CMonster]

I had this problem when I switched motherboards - it is not likely the drive/cdrom driver but the IDE Busmaster driver - if you have a VIA chipset try the Highpoint driver - If you are using the standard drivers that come with Windows try the ones from the motherboard CD etc.

[JacobM5727]

......hehehe.....via chipset......i wish.....lol


i have a regular motherboard, i think its intel or something it came with my pc.... it has 3pci slots... lol


i think my problems started when i reinstalled win98, im not sure though....

[This message has been edited by JacobM5727 (edited 06-04-2001).]

[JacobM5727]

maybe i have the wrong hardware drivers installed. my motherboard seems to have creavtive labs ensoniq installed on it, and it has microsoft hardware drivers. if i put in hardware drivers from creative on my computer could that help? or is it different i have no idea im about ready to buy a new cheap cdrom

[CMonster]

In the System Properties sheet Device Manager section are there any problems? Under disk controllers it should tell you what kind of driver is being used. The standard Windows 98 drivers should work okay for most controllers but if you have chipset drivers on a CD that came with the system you should probably install those.

Otherwise you should download the latest drivers for your motherboard and install those.

[JacobM5727]

everything seems to be fine,it says it is all working properly