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re: I can't get sound from my pcmcia cd drive
Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by woolly
(15 messages posted)
Hi, Jerry,
Not sure I have the installation disk so I might pass on that. This old think pad
is a bit weird - sometimes you have to keep on repeating an action till it actually
works. I had to uninstall the cd player driver twice before it showed it was uninstalled
and I keep disabling the trackpoint and it still shows as enabled, until finally
it decides to go. I think that there is so much 'rubbish' in terms of what you describe,
remnants of previous drivers etc on this machine that in the end it needs reformatting.
It would be a relief in many ways. Whether I have the nerve for that is a different
matter - I'm nervous of doing anything which might stop it playing cd roms as my
little boy can't live without 'Reader Rabbit Toddler'! I'd need to gather everything
together and find the cd rom driver from somewhere - but I think it was a plug and
play device. Whatever. But I must thank you because I know my way around windows
so much better than before and that can only be a bonus!
If I ever pluck up the courage - or pay someone - to reformat - I will post and report
audio cds coming through the pc loud and clear. Until then, this is one windows annoyance
that will keep on itching.
Warmest regards,
Joyce (Woolly) Woolridge
On Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 12:12 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi Woolly:
>
>How about the drivers for the PCMCIA CDROM? You
>might try running the "install" program (if you've
>still got it around) for that PCMCIA card.
>
>I must tell you, however, I have had trouble with
>PCMCIA driver installations. I don't know of a
>good, sure-fire way to UNINSTALL old drivers,
>which may be incorrectly installed or corrupted.
>
>I had a driver installation fail on more than one
>occasion, and re-installing the driver didn't
>correct it. I think the installation program saw
>remnants of the partial installation, and didn't
>install everything anew. I posted forum messages
>in several places fishing for tips on how to
>uninstall PCMCIA drivers, and have yet to find a
>way. Fortunately, these failed attempts have all
>occurred on my "test" computer, so it was really
>no problem to reformat and start over fresh. But,
>that's not really the solution I would like to
>find.
>
>If you want to try reinstalling your drivers, I
>can't think that it will work any less-well than
>it does now.
>
>Jerry
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