[PatBranch]

I got this sony drive. It came with a disc that just has nero, so the drivers must be in the drive. The sata cord is in all the way on both ends (how can you screw that up?) and it opens and closes, so it has power. Any ideas why my computer isn't recognizing it all?

 

[Transcend]

Hardware doesn't have drivers " in the drive". You need to DL and install drivers. That said, all DVD and DC burners can usually use the generic windows drivers besides special functinos (lightscribe for example).

 

[PatBranch]

I didn't know that... Thanks for the info! I found a generic cd-rom driver. After unzipping it, there's a sys file and an exe file. Do I need to put them somewhere?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

I didn't know that... Thanks for the info! I found a generic cd-rom driver. After unzipping it, there's a sys file and an exe file. Do I need to put them somewhere?

You're gonna want to put it away before your mom walks in. Trust me.

irate2:

I have no helpful point here.

 

[PatBranch]

Good idea, thanks!

 

[$tinkle]

according to this page @ newegg, a driver disk is included. i assume no matter where you got it, it would be bundled similarly

 

[johnbryanpeters]

You failed to say what operating system you're using.

 

[PatBranch]

Xp.... The disc it came with has just nero...

 

[JustMtnB44]

I've never had to install a driver for a CD/DVD drive. Did you look through the BIOS and see if it is recognized there?

 

[PatBranch]

Good idea, I will. My last cd drive wasn't working, so I'm thinking the driver got 'lost' somehow....

 

[PatBranch]

Rediculous... I found an extra sata cable in the garage, so I tried replacing it. It was just a bad sata cable....... Having a working cd drive is crazy. Now I can put on this stack of cd's.

 

[PatBranch]

Actually..it was 4 bad sata ports...Good thing I only need the other 4.