Sony CD-ROM Drive Not Detected During Setup

ID: Q134532

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SYMPTOMS

During Setup, the Sony CD-ROM drive in your computer may not be detected.


CAUSE

This problem can occur if the Sony CD-ROM drive is attached to a Media Vision sound card. Setup searches for Sony CD-ROM drives at several base I/O addresses, but a Sony CD-ROM drive attached to a Media Vision sound card is not in the range of addresses that Setup checks. Setup retains the existing real-mode drivers for the CD-ROM drive, but the Windows CD-ROM drivers may provide better performance.


RESOLUTION

You can set up the Sony CD-ROM drive in Windows manually. To do so, you need to know the CD-ROM drive's settings. To set up the Sony CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click the Add New Hardware icon, and then click the Next button.


  3. Click the No option button, and then click Next.


  4. Click CD-ROM controllers, and then click Next.


  5. In the Manufacturers box, click Sony. In the Models box, click Sony Proprietary CD-ROM Controller, and then click Next.


  6. Click Next, and then click Finish.


  7. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click No.


  8. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  9. Double-click the System icon.


  10. On the Device Manager tab, double-click the CD-ROM Controllers branch, and then double-click Sony Proprietary CD-ROM Controller.


  11. Click the Resources tab.


  12. In the Settings Based On box, click Basic Configuration 0.


  13. Click the Use Automatic Settings check box to clear it.


  14. Use the Change Settings button to modify the resources to match the CD-ROM drive's settings.

    NOTE: Your Media Vision card may be permanently set to use IRQ 5. If this is the case and you do not select IRQ 5, Windows or the CD-ROM drive may not work correctly.


  15. Click OK.


  16. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.


To verify that the CD-ROM drive is set up correctly, check it in Device Manager to see that no problems are reported in the Device Status box. Also, make sure that you can read a CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 


Keywords          : kbhw kbsetup win95 win98 cddrive posfest 
Version           : 95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 3, 1999