can't seam to find at Lite-on. Son can't find the orig cd to load nero and what ever is needed to even read cd's in the drive..

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: LiteOn Technology
Model: 1693s ks0b
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, &amp; cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Nero/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=600&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=2&qm0=1693s+ks0b&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=LiteOn+Technology+CD+%2F+DVD++1693s+ks0b+Windows +XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer LiteOn Technology (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=600)

Optical drives never require any driver when used in any Windows os from Windows 95 up. Windows XP contains native support that allows this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. If you don't have a proper running Windows os, this could cause problems but I really don't know what your problem is because you never took the time to say. Is the drive listed in My Computer? If not, that's non-detection. Issue has been discussed in multiple forums.