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external CD-RW
I have an Acer 4x USB CDRW. I have no need for this device. I would
like to remove the CDRW and insert a harddrive. Is this possible? I have it apart and the HD hooked up, but Win2k wants drivers. The CDRW drivers don't work. Is the logic board that converts USB to IDE only designed for optical drives? Any way to update the Firmware? Point me in the right direction for a driver that will work? TIA Yeti |
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the yeti wrote:
I have an Acer 4x USB CDRW. I have no need for this device. I would like to remove the CDRW and insert a harddrive. Is this possible? I have it apart and the HD hooked up, but Win2k wants drivers. The CDRW drivers don't work. Is the logic board that converts USB to IDE only designed for optical drives? Any way to update the Firmware? Point me in the right direction for a driver that will work? TIA Yeti Yeti, I did the same thing with bits of an external CDRW that had a Freecom PCI to IDE interface. It worked with the Freecom driver in both Win98SE and WinXP. However, since the driver wasn't for a harddrive, it wouldn't spin down as long as it was connected, but it did work. Enkidu |
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In article , the yeti wrote: I have an Acer 4x USB CDRW. I have no need for this device. I would like to remove the CDRW and insert a harddrive. Is this possible? I have it apart and the HD hooked up, but Win2k wants drivers. The CDRW drivers don't work. Does Win2k recognize the CDRW in its case without special drivers? If not, then the chipset inside the converter board probably doesn't accurately emulate a USB mass-storage device. Is the logic board that converts USB to IDE only designed for optical drives? Any way to update the Firmware? Point me in the right direction for a driver that will work? Look at the board itself for the identity of the LSI chipset that does the IDE-to-USB translation. Generic drivers for that type of interface might be available on the net. |
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Is the logic board that converts USB to IDE only designed for optical drives? Any way to update the Firmware? Point me in the right direction for a driver that will work? Look at the board itself for the identity of the LSI chipset that does the IDE-to-USB translation. Generic drivers for that type of interface might be available on the net. This thing has a ALI M5619 A1 chip on one side and a winbond cip on the back. Google search for "ALI M5619 A1" returns 1 result, a link which is no longer valid. |
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In article , the yeti wrote: Is the logic board that converts USB to IDE only designed for optical drives? Any way to update the Firmware? Point me in the right direction for a driver that will work? Look at the board itself for the identity of the LSI chipset that does the IDE-to-USB translation. Generic drivers for that type of interface might be available on the net. This thing has a ALI M5619 A1 chip on one side and a winbond cip on the back. Google search for "ALI M5619 A1" returns 1 result, a link which is no longer valid. Try: http://www.aliusa.com/eng/support/support_driver.htm |
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