Compaq evo w8000 problem

[theannihilator]

I have a compaq evo w8000 i am working on i installed an IBM Lite-on cd-rw the computer reconizes the drive correctly but it shows it as a cd-rom drive and not a cd burner. Is it cause i am putting a ibm product in a compaq machine? if that is the case, will a Hp cd burner work in the computer?

 

[PyroTyger]

Manufacturer shouldn't be an issue. You didn't state whether or not you'd installed manufacturer-specific drivers for the drive. If you didn't, that would be the first thing to try. You might also try flashing the drive's firmware to a slightly different version (

http://www.cdfreaks.com/)

and see if the OS recognises it any better. That's a slightly frightening process if you don't know what you're doing though ;-)

 

[theannihilator]

i know i had to do that before with another comp the drivers are compaq drivers that it preinstalled from win 2000. I went to lite-ons website downloaded the firmware update for it and the updated did not even reconize the drive even tho it listed the exact drive in its findings

 

[wahnula]

Do you have CD-burning software installed? From your post I gathered you were running Win2K.

 

[theannihilator]

yes i swaped drives to a compaq cd-rw installed roxio >.<
and it works

I know lite-on products work with nero so i am wondering if this one is actually a roxio burner or if it just did not like the computer or if my software is out of date.