Re: NEC 4 Disc CD Changer?

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From: Nate (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:44:32 -0800

I assume the drive works because i can insert and remove
discs, and it will spin up all discs to check them, and
any DVDs i put in it ejects (b/c it can't read them), and
winodwscan see the first disk fine.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>
>Well to some degree how do you know if the drive does
>work, or did your friend say the drive was working, prior
>to you getting the old pc. and sounds like that drive is
just
>not campatible with XP
>
>alvin
>
>
>Nate wrote:
>
>> I recently got an old, brandless computer that does not
>> turn on from a friend. There was a 4 disc CD changer
that
>> I took out and put in my XP Pro machine. Hardwise-wise,
>> it seems fine, but Windows gave it drive letter E,
which
>> I can only use to get disc 1 if inserted. There are 4
>> buttons, each with a light, indicating whether a disc
is
>> in that slot. Once Windows boots, the light for 1 will
>> quickly flicker, I guess meaning it's active. Holding a
>> button does nothing. I looked for drivers; all I found
>> were for 95 or 3.1, and didn't work even with
>> compatibility modes. I found some info about RSM, but
do
>> not really understand how/what it does. I don't think
it
>> recognizes it's a changer. The only info I get about it
>> from Windows is NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:252. Any help would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>
>.
>

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