Ribbon cable question

[Computer_Commando]

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1.  should the PCI cards be removed temporarily?
2.  When connecting the spare CD audio cable to the DVD-ROM drive, will I get sound if I connect it to the sound card's AUX input?
3.  do you know if Windows 95 has DVD support?

1.  Only if they are in the way, which they shouldn't be.
2.  Only if you want sound from the jack on the front of the drive.
3.  It might see it as a CD-ROM, DVD's didn't exist until 1996.

[Ryan]

1.  Only if they are in the way, which they shouldn't be.
2.  Only if you want sound from the jack on the front of the drive.
3.  It might see it as a CD-ROM, DVD's didn't exist until 1996.

2.  In relation to the second question, will I get sound if the cable goes from the analog audio jack in the back of the DVD drive to the sound card's internal AUX connectior?  I'm asking this, as the CD audio connector of the sound card is already in use by the CD-ROM drive.
3.  Do you know if I will be able to run the Riven DVD after finishing with the installation of the DVD drive?  Do you know of any patches that could enable Windows 95 to detect the drive as a DVD-ROM?  My version of Windows 95 is OSR2, like I said in my previous post.

[Computer_Commando]

2.  In relation to the second question, will I get sound if the cable goes from the analog audio jack in the back of the DVD drive to the sound card's internal AUX connectior?  I'm asking this, as the CD audio connector of the sound card is already in use by the CD-ROM drive.
3.  Do you know if I will be able to run the Riven DVD after finishing with the installation of the DVD drive?  Do you know of any patches that could enable Windows 95 to detect the drive as a DVD-ROM?  My version of Windows 95 is OSR2, like I said in my previous post.

2.  Small analog cable is not required to get sound from drive to sound card.  IDE data cable carries all info.  I don't use those cables anymore, I think they're outputs from the sound card back the drive for the front jack only.
3.  Never tried Win95 with DVD.

[Ryan]

2.  Small analog cable is not required to get sound from drive to sound card.  IDE data cable carries all info.  I don't use those cables anymore, I think they're outputs from the sound card back the drive for the front jack only.
3.  Never tried Win95 with DVD.

2.  I can't say, Computer Commando....  The sound card's volume panel on the computer, in Win95, has volume controls for the CD and AUX audio.  I have something related to the analog CD audio cable to tell you about that I had expierienced last year:

I was starting to play Quake II by Id Software (released in 1997), when I noticed I was not getting any CD music out of the game, regardless of the CD volume settings.  Turned out that the analog CD audio cable had gotten broken somehow at the sound card's end.  After replacing it, Quake II's CD music worked again.  I think the unused CD audio cable might be needed with the DVD-ROM drive after all...  While the cable might not be necessary for current operating systems, Windows 95/98 probably will need it.

3.  I'll have to report back tomorrow regarding whether the Riven DVD runs.

[BC_Programmer]

2.  Small analog cable is not required to get sound from drive to sound card.  IDE data cable carries all info.  I don't use those cables anymore, I think they're outputs from the sound card back the drive for the front jack only.

It's the analog audio that goes from the CD drive to the sound card. the IDE data cable is only used for digital audio. Windows 98, and I believe windows 95, have a checkbox to use digital playback as opposed to analog, but I have no idea where it is.

[Salmon Trout]

3.  It might see it as a CD-ROM

It won't.

[patio]

I have a 2nd generation TDK DVD burner that the Win98SE machine recognises as a CDRom.

[Salmon Trout]

I have a 2nd generation TDK DVD burner that the Win98SE machine recognises as a CDRom.

But when you put a DVD-ROM in, can it read it? Even XP recognises an empty optical drive as a "CD-ROM" whatever type it is. I think this also applies to Vista and 7.

[patio]

No...it will not read/recognise DVD's...can burn CD's though.

Now i got your point !   

[Salmon Trout]

No...it will not read/recognise DVD's...can burn CD's though.

How do you know that either or both of DVD read and write lasers are not dead? Because that would cause this.

[BC_Programmer]

My Win98 Machine was able to use DVDs just fine... heck, I was playing DVDs even.

Also, Just tested: seems win95 can read DVD discs, but, since DVD didn't e xist then it still refers to them as "CD-ROM" discs, regardless of what is actually within the drive. Still reads them fine, though.

EDIT: also, my vista refers to my empty DVD-RW drive as a... well, a DVD-RW drive.

[patio]

How do you know that either or both of DVD read and write lasers are not dead? Because that would cause this.

Good question...i'm swapping it into the Win2K beast to test...

[Computer_Commando]

...Also, Just tested: seems win95 can read DVD discs, but, since DVD didn't e xist then it still refers to them as "CD-ROM" discs, regardless of what is actually within the drive. Still reads them fine, though.
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That's what I was saying, but couldn't confirm it; now you have.  My Win95/Win31 notebook has no FDD and no optical drives.

[Salmon Trout]

EDIT: also, my vista refers to my empty DVD-RW drive as a... well, a DVD-RW drive.

I don't know if this is because I am running W7 (Build 7600) in a Sun Virtualbox VM...

(It's the same whether it has a disk in or not)

[BC_Programmer]

I don't know if this is because I am running W7 (Build 7600) in a Sun Virtualbox VM...

(It's the same whether it has a disk in or not)

curious.... my laptop is running win7 RTM and labels the DVD/RW burner as DVD/RW drive when no disc is present.

might be something regarding VirtualBox?