[Dixielandjazz] external ReWritable Drive

[Chris Calabrese]

You need to install appropriate drivers to get the thing to work properly.
Windows ME will likely recognize the device as a generic CD ROM but may not
go further than that (just because it's ME compatible doesn't mean that ME
has the drivers preinstalled). It should have come with a CD ROM containing
drivers. I took a look at I/O's website for the latest drivers and it looks
like they have Windows 98 SE drivers there; I can't tell you if they will
work with ME or not, so I would try installing the drivers from the CD ROM
first. The unit should be backwards compatible with your older USB ports,
although you may not get 24X write speed. Since you're running ME I'm 99.9%
sure you're using USB 1.x (unless you bought a new computer and loaded ME on
it--I hope that's not the case).

~ Chris Calabrese

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] external ReWritable Drive


> Hi listmates,
>
> I have a request for any of you knowledgeable CD writers out there.
>
> I just purchased a I/O Magic 52X24X52 External USB 2.0 ReWritable Drive. I
> followed all the instructions to install the hardware and it seemed to
work
> fine. I can play CDs from the drive to my computer and listen to them on
the
> computer speakers.
>
> BUT . . .
>
> When I try to sequence some .wav files to burn to the ReWritable Drive I
get
> an error message which proclaims: "There are no supported CD-Recorders
> available. Ensure that your CD recorder is on an that all cables are
> properly connected."
>
> How can that be?  I can play CD FROM the CD Recorder but not record TO the
> CD??
>
> Any suggestions from you techno geeks out there?
>
> Oh yes, my Windows system is "me". It's supposed to contain all the
> necessary drivers but who knows?  Also - is the USB 2.0 a problem? I have
> USB ports on my computer buy is it possible that I need updated ones?
> There's no instructions for determing the sort of USB ports on the
computer
> that I can find.
>
> Help Help Help.
>
> Bill "I should know about this junk, but I don't" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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