sony dvd rw dw u14a

I cannot find drivers for the above drive... has anyone had issues or found a work around?

amstudhj wrote:

I cannot find drivers for the above drive... has anyone had issues or found a work around?

You need to check you hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.

It was working to install Vista... and worked perfectly up till the time of installation so I dont see how a cable or setting was set wrong... didnt even open the case.
"John Boy" wrote:

amstudhj wrote: I cannot find drivers for the above drive... has anyone had issues or found a work around?
You need to check you hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.

Well, there is no separate driver for it. It is a standard IDE optical drive. If it doesn't work, then maybe it's time to buy a replacement.
amstudhj wrote:

It was working to install Vista... and worked perfectly up till the time of installation so I dont see how a cable or setting was set wrong... didnt even open the case.
"John Boy" wrote:
amstudhj wrote: I cannot find drivers for the above drive... has anyone had issues or found a work around? You need to check you hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.

Same problem here. So those of us that have Sony dvd drives should just buy new ones? I don't think so. If anybody esle has a solution please let me know.
"John Boy" wrote:

Well, there is no separate driver for it. It is a standard IDE optical drive. If it doesn't work, then maybe it's time to buy a replacement.
amstudhj wrote: It was working to install Vista... and worked perfectly up till the time of installation so I dont see how a cable or setting was set wrong... didnt even open the case.
"John Boy" wrote:
amstudhj wrote: I cannot find drivers for the above drive... has anyone had issues or found a work around? You need to check you hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.

I cannot find drivers for the above drive, hence it is not working. Has anyone found a work around?

amstudhj wrote:

I cannot find drivers for the above drive, hence it is not working. Has anyone found a work around?

You need to check you hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.

Has anyone gotten the above to work in vista? If so any help would be appreciated.

amstudhj wrote:

Has anyone gotten the above to work in vista? If so any help would be appreciated.

You need to check your hardware carefully, especially the IDE cable and jumper settings. You should not need any special drivers. This is an ATAPI compliant IDE optical drive and the driver for that is part of the operating system.