cd-drives keep dying in a dell pc

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Seems a strangle thing for a tech to say, one might question
where they found this tech, how competent s/he is.
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ok. i think where the analogue factor comes in its the sound not the data. a
communications breakdown at the middle person.
Yes, if the cable fits in the drive it's IDE. It shouldn't
be necessary nor desired to choose a 4 year old drive
though, if nothing else there may be belts in it that
deteriorate just sitting on a shelf unused.
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well the tech was going to take 6 weeks just to get around to looking at the
machine so they wanted to try an old one they have in a spare machine. if it
worked then it would work.
machine.

It should not need any drivers, seems likely some other
cause. Any drive might come with a floppy with a DOS driver
but that doesn't mean it needs one under any modern, mature
OS.
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well its 98se. the pc detected the drive but it errored in its detection as
windows gives it the yellow exclamation mark. so i told them to remove it,
find the fcc number, and search for a driver based on that. youre right that
it shouldnt need a driver disk but ive even seen 3-com network cards play up
on windows plug and play detection. so taking no chances at all. better to
find the right driver file and be doubly sure. that way if its more than a
software issue we'll know.

once again thanks for the help.
 
well its 98se. the pc detected the drive but it errored in its detection as
windows gives it the yellow exclamation mark. so i told them to remove it,
find the fcc number, and search for a driver based on that. youre right that
it shouldnt need a driver disk but ive even seen 3-com network cards play up
on windows plug and play detection. so taking no chances at all. better to
find the right driver file and be doubly sure. that way if its more than a
software issue we'll know.
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There is a distinct different between native OS support and
being able to plug-n-play-find-bundled-drivers. The 3Com
nic is NOT natively supported, merely works because MS
happened to throw a 3Com driver onto the installation disc.
The CDROM on the other hand should not need, should not have
any attempt made to install a driver. There is probably
some other configuration or (the drive itself) problem. A 4
year old drive is not that old to need a driver for Win98.
 
There is a distinct different between native OS support and
being able to plug-n-play-find-bundled-drivers. The 3Com
nic is NOT natively supported, merely works because MS
happened to throw a 3Com driver onto the installation disc.
The CDROM on the other hand should not need, should not have
any attempt made to install a driver. There is probably
some other configuration or (the drive itself) problem. A 4
year old drive is not that old to need a driver for Win98.
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yeh but as im not there i have to work on what the person tells me versus
the advice given on forums.

more inclined to beleive advice than what the person with the drive says.

but as ive learnt over the years. always an exception somewhere to every
rule.
 
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