driver sites

[novamadcars]

hi im after a good driver download site as ive looked on a few but thay dont seem 2 have the option if downloading the driver
i need the driver for this its a philips
cdrw5200
cheers

[Jack]

www.driverguide.com

Thats pretty good. You have to register to download stuff but its free.

[Stuart]

shouldnt need a driver for a CD writer....

tried the phillips site?...or is that fecking obvious ;p;

[novamadcars]

shouldnt need a driver for a CD writer....

tried the phillips site?...or is that fecking obvious ;p;

yes mate tryed the philips site not much luck thair mate but cheers for suggesting it. i have the disk for the cd rw but my disc drives dont work when i pulg them in and go 2 add hardware it says i have an error :evil: .
also cheers razorjack will give that site a go now

[Jack]

when i pulg them in and go 2 add hardware it says i have an error :evil: .
also cheers razorjack will give that site a go now
What error do you get? Could be a problem with windows rather than the drivers/hardware itself...

[Nick]

i did know how to solve this problem... as i had exactly the same thing...

You have to go delete and recreate a registry key using Reg-edit. I'l rack my brains and try remember the solution for you

[Nick]

get some more info on the error, there should be a code with it, google the code and it'l come up with the answer.

I can't be bothered to find it - got work to do. Assuming your using XP i think XP assigns it's owm drivers to CD/CDR/DVD drives IIRC< so it's a slight corruption in windows.

Sorry if i'm talking rubbish - but im sure this was the same problem i had a while ago

[novamadcars]

no nick your not talking rubbish ive had this problem for atleast 6months. This is the error code im getting any ideas of how 2 fix it as its anoying that i cant use either of my disk drives

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

[Jack]

At least it picks up the fact you have the hardware there, my dvdrom drive has never worked since I put this pc together, but I'm too lazy to fix it :lol:

So do you still get that error if you download a driver from the manufacturer?

[novamadcars]

razor jack i cant seem 2 find the driver anyware for this cdrw :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[Jack]

Are you sure its "5200"? Philips site don't list it:

http://www.support.philips.com/support/html/index_gb_en.html#../~scripts/xsltransformsearch.asp?url=http://www.sms.search.philips.com/xmlSearch/search?sid=SMS||xml=true||all=true||l=gb_en||s=con sumer||fld=SMS.CATID||val=MONITORS_PC_PERIPHERALS_ GR_GB_CONSUMER|PC_STORAGE_CA_GB_CONSUMER|INTERNAL_ CD_REWRITER_SU_GB_CONSUMER||first=1||last=75&xsl=search_result.xsl

[novamadcars]

Are you sure its "5200"? Philips site don't list it:

http://www.support.philips.com/support/html/index_gb_en.html#../~scripts/xsltransformsearch.asp?url=http://www.sms.search.philips.com/xmlSearch/search?sid=SMS||xml=true||all=true||l=gb_en||s=con sumer||fld=SMS.CATID||val=MONITORS_PC_PERIPHERALS_ GR_GB_CONSUMER|PC_STORAGE_CA_GB_CONSUMER|INTERNAL_ CD_REWRITER_SU_GB_CONSUMER||first=1||last=75&xsl=search_result.xsl

yes razorjack its the 5200