microstudio won't see my sound card or my cd writer

[csit22]

Just installed a plextor premium cd writer and the whole things gone to pot.
All worked well with the old plextor drive but with the new one installed, Microstudio tells me I have no sound card od CD drive.
Anything obvious here?

[MTUSUPPORT]

I have never heard of this before. I would try uninstalling all of the Plextor software that came on the CD. Then install one piece at a time.

I would say this is what caused a problem somewhere.

[kfortner51]

Originally posted by csit22
Just installed a plextor premium cd writer and the whole things gone to pot.
All worked well with the old plextor drive but with the new one installed, Microstudio tells me I have no sound card od CD drive.
Anything obvious here?

I would follow Bryans recommendation of uninstalling the software that came with the Plextor. There are known current issues with the Plextor software, some OS dependent but issues just the same.

I have 4 Plextor CD-rw 48/24/48a units that work fine, 2 on Win2k and 2 on XP Pro.

I have NOT installed the Plextor software because of the conflicts I have experienced with this combination

Karl Fortner

[csit22]

It seems that the Plextor Premium drive will only work with the latest version of Microstudio, as proved by downloading the demo version!

[kfortner51]

There were some changes in the new version that allowed my laptops cd to be seen, and on a desktop running XP Pro that would crash on startup allowed the program to run...

Hardware and software... always something there to make them different

[jaddams]

There are many problems associated with the latest release of Plextor CDR-WR software. More often than not, you can run your burner without installing a single piece of software for a particular drive. Uninstalling all Plextor software could make your burner run flawlessly.

Good luck

Jon