Sony DVD Driver

[newbster ee]

Ok i recently purchased a sony dvd burner. The model is DW Q120A-B2.
I bought this off newegg oem. And now i cannot install it becasue there is no driver. Can someone help?

[Bodyslide]

When Windows loads it will install the driver. Make sure you have setup the Burner correctly via the back jumpers, Make sure it is setup to either CS-Cable Select, or Master/Slave. A good read here

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6603_7-5118840-4.html?tag=txt

[newbster ee]

i dont understand it
i put the plastic on slave..what should i haVE put it on?

[Bodyslide]

Is it the first or second device on the ide cable?

[aedipuss]

make sure one drive is master and one drive is slave on an ide cable. doesn't matter where on the cable they are.

[newbster ee]

yes i understand that
The dvd drive is slave and primary hd is master connected to the first port on the motherboard
then i have cdrw as MASTER and the secondary hd as slave..connected to the second port on the motherboard
When i go to add new hardware it shows my sony dvd drive but it has a yellow exlamation point on it..
Plzz someone help

[aedipuss]

try it in another computer if you can. some are just defective. if it works elsewhere then try the upper and lower filter removal registry fix for winXP. cd/dvd drives don't have drivers like other components.

Click the Start button, click Run. In the Open box, type Regedit, and then click OK. Click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. Click the plus sign (+) next to Control. Click the plus sign (+) next to Class. Click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. On the right hand side of the window, click UpperFilters. Click Edit on the menu bar. Click Delete, and then click OK. On the right-hand side of the window, click LowerFilters. Click Edit on the menu bar. Click Delete, and then click OK. Click File, and then click Exit. Restart the computer normally.

as a last resort i'd install a new aspi layer. for winXP - http://www.dvd2svcd.org/xp-aspi.zip

[newbster ee]

wait a sec are you positively sure about that esit registry?

[steveryan]

Your IDE setup looks dodgy, this is how I would have it -

IDE 1 hard drive (master) + hard drive (slave)
IDE 2 DVD writer (master) + CDRW (slave)

[newbster ee]

Your IDE setup looks dodgy, this is how I would have it -

IDE 1 hard drive (master) + hard drive (slave)
IDE 2 DVD writer (master) + CDRW (slave)

yes this is what i just changed it to..
OMG aedipuss Thank You so much
It worked i never tested the drive on another computer but i did the edit registry and destroyed those evil things...Can you tell me what i did tho what were those upper and lower things?