Need to find out the brand of my CD-RW!

[Diesel21]

Hello Everyone,

I can't get my CD-RW to work in windows 2000 on my Asus A7V and have heard that its a good idea to upgrade the firmware. The problem is that I don't know the brand of my writer!

This is Windows 2000 and Bios tells me: IDE-CD/RW 4x4x24

Does anyone know of a program that can tell me what brand it is?

Please Help.

 

[Ausm]

One way is to physically remove the device out of the machine and the manufacture lable should be on the drive itself...


Ausm

 

[odog]

when all else fails.....try the FCCcode that should be on the label somewhere.....

 

[bacillus]

have you tried looking in device manager under properties of the drive?
alternatively if you use Sandra, it will list all your hardware!

 

[Diesel21]

The label tells me nothing and windows tells me nothing. I need a program that can read the firmware or something like that.

 

[Noriaki]

CDRWIN tells me that my CDRW is a Yamaha, and it tells my roommate that his is a Ricoh (which is right on both).

I don't think it tells the speed but you already know that...so try downloading a trial version of CDRWIN and see if it tells you.

Edit: Oh www.goldenhawk.com is CDRWIN's webpage.

 

[corkyg]

Windows 98 and ME identify the drive by brand and model number in Device Manager. Could this be another W2K limitation inherited from NT? 🙂

 

[Diesel21]

Windows 2000 and Windows 98 both say its a : IDE-CD/RW 4x4x24

Trust me on this one! You can't find the info in device manager on this drive.

 

[Rifter]

The FCC code HAS to be on the label, run it through the website stated above and there you go.