No Audio From [SATA] ROM Drive

I recently replaced an IDE DVD ROM and an IDE DVD-RW with SATA versions of both. Neither new drive has a socket for the audio cable that goes to the MB. Both drives seem to be working just fine--I can copy DVDs and everything, but I cannot play any audio from disks loaded into these drives.

I've poked around on the Control Panel and not found anything to change. I've reinstalled the drivers for both drives. And I've poked around this message board.

So, how do I get audio out of the ROM drive????

Thanks.

Peter

PS It is XP SP2

 

Hi Pete,

Audio driver is installed--everything works except audio from these drives. And they worked too, when I had the IDE drives in with audio cable connected from the drive to the board.

Also, both drives have digital audio enabled.


Any other thoughts???


Peter

 

You might need to uninstall any programs that may have used the cable for audio. They may be pre-Win XP programs because if you install Windows XP with the cable disconnected (I don't connect it any more) it should not need it.

Look at the programs you installed for the IDE optical drives.

That's my best guess, I haven't run across that problem. If I install Win XP (or higher), even if there are connectors for the cable, I leave it out. If there were problems with the audio, I would use the cable, but I have never had to. As I said, it should not be needed.

Matt

 

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the thoughtful replies.

I did not realize that XP did not require the audio cable. So, I had installed it before reinstalling XP when I built the computer. I updated Real Player to a newer version yesterday, but that did not solve the audio problem. Perhaps if I totally uninstall and reinstall Real Player?

I am not inclined to reinstall XP--I sure hope there is an easier solution.

You've given me several ideas to play with. I will report back when I make progress.

Peter

 

Check all the volume controls. Apart from Windows Volume "Mixer ", there might be controls in an "Audio Manger" installed with the audio drivers. Look at the icons in Control Panel (classic view) or there may be an icon in the Notification (System) Tray.

The different method transferring the data might be seen as a different input device now, so check those volume and mute settings. Previously it was coming through a header on the motherboard, now Windows should be processing it via the main data coming from the drive.

Real Player...maybe. Have you tried opening the disk through Windows Media Player?

Matt

 

It shouldn't come to that, err, we hope . I would like to have come up against the problem myself, but haven't had the opportunity, drat! If you work on it, that should at least improve your experience level .

I started doing a websearch, but I probably don't know enough detail. DirectX here:
http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/sutra57794.html

Try browsing though these
http://au.search.yahoo.com/search;_...+cable&y=Search&fr=sfp&fr2=sb-top&rd=r1&sao=1

Matt