Can't find a driver for my Optiarc DVD RW AD -7560A ATA Device. can anyone help
Cant find driver for my Vista DVD/CD RW
- Thread starter jdpolaski
- Start date
Hi
Optical drives do not require drivers in Vista to do the basic read and burn tasks (for CD"s). To burn DVD's or play them, you only need a 3rd party program like Roxio Easy Media Creator, Nero, or a DVD viewing program like WinDVD or the like.
Is there something happening that makes you think you need drivers?
Optical drives do not require drivers in Vista to do the basic read and burn tasks (for CD"s). To burn DVD's or play them, you only need a 3rd party program like Roxio Easy Media Creator, Nero, or a DVD viewing program like WinDVD or the like.
Is there something happening that makes you think you need drivers?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Personal Build
- CPU
- Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo
- Motherboard
- Asus Commando MoBo (P965/ICH8R)
- Memory
- 4G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC26400 RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum FATAL1TY (next)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 22" w2207 LCD Monitors
- Screen Resolution
- 1- 1680 x 1050, 1 - 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 3 x 500G SATA II WD Caviar HDD's
- PSU
- EnerMax NoiseTaker II 600W
- Case
- NZXT Lexa Classic (modified, dual doored & windowed)
- Cooling
- Zalman 9700 CPU cooler, 4-120mm fans, 1-90mm
- Mouse
- Logitech Optical Trackman trackball
- Other Info
- NZXT Lexa Classic Case, Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler, 2 DVD Burners c/w LightScribe (Sony, TSST), Enermax NoiseTaker II 600W PSU with Custom Chrome cable sleeving, Hauppauge HDTV TV Tuner Card, 5.1 Logitech Z5500 speakers, 15 in 1 Multi-card reader
Hi JD,
You might need to update the firmware on your DVD drive...Vista will not use any older DVD drives that support bypassing DRM copy protections.
This is US law that Microsoft must follow.
Steven
My Computer
frankieboy13
New Member
I can't find anything on that model number, even at the Sony sites around th world.
Again...just what is happening, or Not happening to make you think you need to udgrade the firmware anyway? It's very possible that this would not be the fix anyway, if you're even having a problem, and that's the ONLY reason that you'd be flashing the firmware to start with. Problems with a Firmware flash can make the drive useless, just like a failed BIOS flash so it's best to be totally sure you need to do this before doing it, if there even is an update that is.
Again...just what is happening, or Not happening to make you think you need to udgrade the firmware anyway? It's very possible that this would not be the fix anyway, if you're even having a problem, and that's the ONLY reason that you'd be flashing the firmware to start with. Problems with a Firmware flash can make the drive useless, just like a failed BIOS flash so it's best to be totally sure you need to do this before doing it, if there even is an update that is.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Personal Build
- CPU
- Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo
- Motherboard
- Asus Commando MoBo (P965/ICH8R)
- Memory
- 4G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC26400 RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum FATAL1TY (next)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 22" w2207 LCD Monitors
- Screen Resolution
- 1- 1680 x 1050, 1 - 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 3 x 500G SATA II WD Caviar HDD's
- PSU
- EnerMax NoiseTaker II 600W
- Case
- NZXT Lexa Classic (modified, dual doored & windowed)
- Cooling
- Zalman 9700 CPU cooler, 4-120mm fans, 1-90mm
- Mouse
- Logitech Optical Trackman trackball
- Other Info
- NZXT Lexa Classic Case, Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler, 2 DVD Burners c/w LightScribe (Sony, TSST), Enermax NoiseTaker II 600W PSU with Custom Chrome cable sleeving, Hauppauge HDTV TV Tuner Card, 5.1 Logitech Z5500 speakers, 15 in 1 Multi-card reader
frankieboy13
New Member
in my device manager it has a yellow triangle w error. it's not on my computer screen and just will not play anything. i did everything i know-uninstall, reinstall,update and disable and re-able. i even took it out and restart my computer. i went to all locations on google and manufacture
My Computer
i did find this hotfix... hope it helps
KB930194
A computer uses an SiI PATA chip does not recognize an attached optical drive as a drive that supports recording after you install Windows Vista.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Me :P
- CPU
- Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Motherboard
- Abit IN9 32X MAX
- Memory
- 8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
- Sound Card
- Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 + 1360x768
- Hard Drives
- 150GB Raptor HDD
500GB Caviar HDD
- PSU
- Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
- Case
- Antec 900
- Cooling
- Stock + Antec 900 case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (full layout)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Revolution
The DVDDecrypter program has an option to check for DVD Drive Firmware updates, I asked because I know some DVD drives using RPC1 Firmware will not work with Vista`s DRM system and prevent the drives use within WIndows...
goto Tools> Drive> Check Firmware Update in DvdDecrypter
DONT download any firmware, just paste the webpage link here and we can check what one you might/might not need...
Steven
goto Tools> Drive> Check Firmware Update in DvdDecrypter
DONT download any firmware, just paste the webpage link here and we can check what one you might/might not need...
Steven
My Computer
schweppes79
New Member
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Motherboard
- Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi App
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Geforce 8800 GT Alfa Dog
- Hard Drives
- 500GB Sata
That won't apply here, schweppes....
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
John`s right, unless the driver is working the upperfilters don't cause a problem
Steven
My Computer
joshua_0316
New Member
thank you for the advise... it really works! great!
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
My Computer
Last edited:
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- WUXGA 17"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1200
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
and 320GB 7200RPM External
- Mouse
- Wireless Microsoft 3000
- Internet Speed
- 10 mbps/2 mbps
- Other Info
- Optical Drive:
Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
OMG!
Thankyou ever so much! It worked! I have just got my first laptop for my birthday, and the cd was working before, and then it just stopped! I did my research and it apparently happens a lot to the make of my laptop. How do you know that? Why does it happen?
Thanks again,
Nathan
Thankyou ever so much! It worked! I have just got my first laptop for my birthday, and the cd was working before, and then it just stopped! I did my research and it apparently happens a lot to the make of my laptop. How do you know that? Why does it happen?
Thanks again,
Nathan
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
My Computer
OMG!
I have the same problem.
It really works! great!
Thank you ever so much!
I have the same problem.
It really works! great!
Thank you ever so much!
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
My Computer
ty ty ty schweppes79 ur the bomb it worked!!!!!OMG Thank u
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
follow these steps and this will correct the problem
1) click start and type regedit in the search box and press enter and click continue when prompted.
2) expand hkey local machine
3) expand system
4) expand currentcontrolset
5) expand control
6) expand class
7) scroll down till you find this key entry {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} then click on it but dont expand it!!
8) to the right you will see information list by name,type and data. if there are any upper or lower filters highlight each one and press delete key and remove them, you can also right click to delete. once this is done restart your pc and your drive will be back in my computer.
Last edited: