Sony CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive

An External USB CD-RW (or CD-ROM) drive draws more than the maximum amount of
current supported by the USB 1.1 specification, so it MUST have an external
power supply to operate correctly. It probably does, because few (if any)
external USB CD or hard disk drives are sold without one.

Once the files are unzipped into a folder, the Windows 98 Add Hardware so-called
Wizard will ask where the drivers are. With 95/98/ME, click Browse, and browse
for the folder where the files are unzipped... Ben Myers

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:29:06 +0100, Nicholas D Richards
wrote:

In article .com,
Steve writes
Hi Ben,

I thought the driver download would include some documentation but it
does not. Nothing seems to happen when you run the .exe program, and no
driver shows up in the Device Manager. I am baffled.


The .exe program is a DOS self-extracting program that extracts the
drivers into the same folder as the .exe file.

There is a crx100e2.doc file which explains how to install the drivers.
Unfortunately, as you will see when you look at the document, it makes
some assumptions.

Assuming that you have the CDRW connected, you should be able to install
the drivers using the 'Add New Hardware' wizard in the Control Panel.

Unfortunately it is years since I ran a Windows 98 PC so I cannot give
you the full sequence of instructions. You basically will add from a
specific location, have a disk and display a full list of drivers from a
specific location.

A few other thoughts:

- have you checked that USB is enabled in the BIOS settings? Have
you had other USB devices running successfully.

- I assume that the drive has its own power supply, if not total
USB power usage must not exceed 500 milliamps, and your PSU in the base
unit must be able to supply the extra power.
--
Nicholas David Richards -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Hi Nicholas!

Thanks for the input. I guess my mind was asleep this morning when I
was thinking about loading the driver! I just could not think when I
had loaded a driver in Win 98 through the Config.sys, but was not
thinking of the "routine way". Guess the heat here (got to 100 F) was
getting to me even in the A/C. LOL

The drive is at a friend's in Canada, and I am not sure how much they
have used anything on their USB. I will check with them on that and be
sure they know how to load a driver from a diskette. The drive does
have its own power supply so that should be ok.

Thanks for the help!

Steve

In article .com,
Steve writes
Hi Nicholas!

Thanks for the input. I guess my mind was asleep this morning when I
was thinking about loading the driver! I just could not think when I
had loaded a driver in Win 98 through the Config.sys, but was not
thinking of the "routine way". Guess the heat here (got to 100 F) was
getting to me even in the A/C. LOL

The drive is at a friend's in Canada, and I am not sure how much they
have used anything on their USB. I will check with them on that and be
sure they know how to load a driver from a diskette. The drive does
have its own power supply so that should be ok.

Thanks for the help!

Steve


No problem and you are welcome. It is confusing; a lot of modern
hardware comes with an executable that does most of it for you, and you
usually have to run the executable before you first attach the hardware.
So, when you get the bare drivers and have to install them 'by hand',
you have forgotten the older methods.
--
Nicholas David Richards -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"