#Merry Christmas/HELP!
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Thanks for the info Kevin,
I read the Laser3.txt file. It offered some good suggestions. I downloaded
MSCDEX ver. 2.20 to try that. Same results. It just will not access the
drive. For the life of me I cannot figure out how I got it running before.
Is it possible that I need an older version of MSCDEX? The calls to the
drive may be different. I tried the SONY drivers that came with the
downloaded ver. 2.20, but same results. Can you tell me where I can get a
hold of an older version of MSCDEX?
Any other suggestions? I checked the hardware, cables, ground, etc., and
everything looks fine. HELP!
Thx in advance – Kevin.
I don't have a source for an mscdex earlier than 2.20, sorry. Have you
tried v2.2*1*? It seems to be the best of the later crop. Have you also
checked any dip switches or other settings on the drive itself and looked
for possible IRQ or DMA conflicts? If in doubt, strip all possible
expansion boards out of your system; it sounds hairy but only takes a few
minutes. Or do you have access to another CPU that you could try the drive
on to be sure the controller and drive function normally elsewhere? Hope
there's a clue there somewhere!
Thanks for the info Kevin, I have stripped it down completely, and also
used another computer, in fact I have been swapping between two while
trying to get the drive to work. I have not tried the newer driver, but
will keep trying, thx.
-Kevin