LadyDungeness@Fish.Net wrote:
> Let's try that again -- I cannot SEE the CD drive under Device Manager. The drive itself powers up and whirs. The computer
> does not recognize it. So I cannot right-click on it and check properties.
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> How do I get the computer to SEE the CD drive?
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> Lady Dungeness
> Out of Danger until September
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Is it this one ?

http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer...WD1/index.html

The adapter cable with four objects on it, has a 4 pin Firewire,
some kind of power connector, and two prongs or mechanical support.
So as far as the computer is concerned, it will interface via
Firewire, and then from there, via SCSI protocol (SBP2 or something?),
it'll show up as a storage device.

Since there are two potential power sources, I can't tell if both
power sources must be present, or the second one is optional. It
could be, when that drive is connected to a non-Sony product, you
use the separate power adapter (and still use the 4 pin Firewire).
If using a Sony laptop with proper interface, then you can use a
power outlet on the Sony laptop, as well as the Firewire.

So the question would be, is there any way to tell if something is
present on a Firewire interface. I never did find a utility that
can do the job, at least in Windows. On the Mac, there is a
dandy representation in the System Info application, that will show a
Firewire tree if one is present.

First thing to do, is make sure the Firewire on the computer is
enabled, and is working properly. Firewire ports have been known
to croak, but that is more likely with the 6 pin variety (which has
two power pins, of the 6 pins present). The 4 pin, being 4 data pins
in total, carries no power of its own. I'd start by looking in
Device Manager, and see whats up.

Paul

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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:25:17 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q316529
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>> <LadyDungeness@Fish.Net> wrote in message news:3auk641vd71a5fdbptp97fe5h2rd3gieaf@4ax.com...
>>> I've got a Sony laptop with an external CD/DVD drive. It's Firewire. I hooked it up and it powers up and whirs, but the
>>> laptop won't recognize it. What should I do?
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>>>
>>> Lady Dungeness
>>> Out of Danger until September
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