Combo CD/DVD drive: easy way to tell if I have one?!

[sanchosser]

Hello,

I recently bought a new machine. It's meant to have a combo CD/DVD
drive, but I can't play DVDs -- either films or data DVDs.

Is there a simple way to find out if it is indeed a combo drive?

If I look in device manager, and click on DVD/CD-ROM drives, it lists:

AOPEN DUW 1616/ARR SCSI CdRom Device

The manufaturers provided a mainboard CD, but I can't seem to find any
drivers on there.

Any views gratefully accepted!

 

[Mart]

See the AOpen site:-
http://www.aopen.nl/Products/dvd+rw/duw1616arr.htm

Mart

 

[Richard Kistler]

Hello,

I recently bought a new machine. It's meant to have a combo CD/DVD
drive, but I can't play DVDs -- either films or data DVDs.

Is there a simple way to find out if it is indeed a combo drive?

If I look in device manager, and click on DVD/CD-ROM drives, it lists:

AOPEN DUW 1616/ARR SCSI CdRom Device

The manufaturers provided a mainboard CD, but I can't seem to find any
drivers on there.

Any views gratefully accepted!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=AOPEN+DUW+1616/ARR+

 

[sanchosser]

Oh dear! Things have gone a bit haywire!

I went to the appropriate page on the AOpen website to download the
firmware.

I went through the process then it stopped. Now, the CD drawer won't
open and in devices, the name of the drive has changed to:

RICOH PLoader2 REGULUS SCSI CdRom Device

 

[Richard Kistler]

Oh dear! Things have gone a bit haywire!

I went to the appropriate page on the AOpen website to download the
firmware.

I went through the process then it stopped. Now, the CD drawer won't
open and in devices, the name of the drive has changed to:

RICOH PLoader2 REGULUS SCSI CdRom Device

http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/viewmessage.asp?forumID=44&MessageID=73210

I found this by googleing the RICOH PLoader2 REGULUS string. You can do this
too.

Dick Kistler