no drivers for optical drives

[ravinder]

all my drives were OEM
my nec 3540A dvd burner
LG dvd-rom GDR-8163B
and sony floppy drive.
i looked on all manufacturers websties but cant seem to find drivers for any. is there anywhere else i should look? this is my first build

 

[mechBgon]

You don't need drivers for the drives themselves. The drive controllers that they plug into do need drivers, however. Did you install the drivers for your motherboard's chipset?

Example: if you build a new computer with an Asus A8N-E motherboard, you'd go "oh, this model of motherboard uses the nForce4 Ultra chipset" and you'd go to nVidia's website to get the driver package for the nForce4 Ultra chipset, and install it. That would give Windows the drivers for the drive controllers, among others.

If you need a hand tracking down the right drivers for your motherboard or stuff, just post what you got, spec-wise 🙂

 

[ravinder]

i went to the asus website earlier and downlaoded the 6.34 nf4 chipset drivers. but now i checked the nvidia site and it says that 6.66 is the latest
my pc is like this :
amd athlon 64 3200+ venice
asus a8n-e
enermax 485W noisetaker PSU
corsair 2x512mb value select pc3200 ram
nec 3540A dvd burner
LG dvd-rom
sony floppy drive
seagate barracuda 7200.8 200GB sata with ncq
sapphire x700 pro 256mb video card
antec super lanboy case

i dont think i will need sata drivers becasue saata is native on the a8n-e and i'm not going to be using any raid configuration.
i got the newest asus BIOS and the nec frimware ready to be flashed and the new ac-97 audio drivers
if there is something i missed, please tell me 🙂

 

[mechBgon]

That looks right, you can update to the 6.66 driver package to have the latest & greatest 🙂 If the system shows any signs of instability, it may help to go into the motherboard's BIOS to the Advanced > Jumperfree Configuration menu and bump up the memory voltage to 2.7 volts.

Also, if your motherboard's little fan is oriented "square" on the motherboard, instead of "diamond," then it's one of the older design that runs a higher, noisier speed. You can call Asus and ask for one of the new heatsink/fan units to replace it, there's more info on that over in the Motherboards section. 🙂 Enjoy your new rig!

 

[ravinder]

my board is a rev 2 and it has the diamond oriented fan.
i hear alot of talk about "instability" when refering to overclocking. what is instability exactly? crashes and hangs?

 

[mechBgon]

Yeah, exactly. I've done a little overclocking but I try not to get carried away at it. Some people just about make a contact sport out of it, though :Q