hp cd writer

[DarkMatter 0]

I recently bought a HP9110 CD writer.

I am trying to install it but I get this error message.

"Install Assistant could not find a suitable IDE controller for the HP CD-Writer Plus."

 

what does this mean?

[Damien 0]

What type of IDE port are you trying to connect the drive up to? UDMA33, UDMA 66? Are you trying to connect it to a controller which predates UDMA?

 

It sounds as though the program is trying to tell you that the IDE controller that you have the drive connected to doesn't meet it's requirements.

 

You could try:

 

1. Enabling DMA transfers - do this under device manager - go into the properties for the controller, then select either primary or secondary controller (depending upon where the drive is placed) open up the properties for this and check that USE DMA IF AVALIBLE is selected for the channel in question. i.e if your cd writer sits as secondary master, make sure USE DMA is the option selected. All this is assuming that you use Win 2K if you are running NT 4 - then I'm afraid I don't know how to enable DMA - it's been so long since I used the system that I can't remember the procedure - perhaps someone else does.

 

2. If you have a controller that predates the UDMA standard, you could try connecting the drive up to a separate controller card - you can buy these from many mail order companies - specift a PCI card that adheres to either the UDMA 33, UDMA 66 or UDMA 100 standard.

 

Other than these suggestions, I can't think of much else to try except ensuring you have the latest version of the CD RW's software.