CDRW problem

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:07 pm

Buddy of mine is having fits with NEC 7700A cdrw drive. For some reason, XP doesn't see it as a read/write drive. Only sees it as CD reader/DVD drive. Looked at NEC website, they don't even list a CDRW drive that I can find, got any ideas?

thanks,
sethpa

FuNPoLiCe001 · Post by **FuNPoLiCe001** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:54 pm

firmware upgrade?

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:21 pm

Looks like it is a rebadge Ricoh drive. Can't find anything on the NEC site.

FuNPoLiCe001 · Post by **FuNPoLiCe001** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:35 pm

NEC wont support OEM drives apparently

see here

Review on the 7700A

and this thread at cdrlabs.com. They mention it being a Ricoh MP7125A, so if you are feeling adventurous....

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 7:11 am

Have you applied the CDRW patch for XP? It's available from Windows Update.

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 7:42 am

of course not FP

That would be too easy, thanks.

sethpa