My CD lost it's auyo start and now it is gone. My computer dont find it and its not even show up in the Bios. So I need a driver to reinstall my cd rom. Im not sure what interface it is it hooks to a cable from the motherboard to the cdrom

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: TEAC America
Model: teac cd-w54e
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows 98SE
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rw, dvd (rewriter &amp; dvd rom combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Easy Cd Creator/version

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Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Windows 98. Microsoft designed the Windows os's to provide native support for optical drives.

An optical drive is installed automatically by the os... not by manual installation like other hardware, using a driver. Windows does not provide any notification of it being installed either. In fact you won't know it until you look in My Computer or Device Manager or Windows Explorer and see it listed there. If it's not detected and installed automatically then that's called "non-detection" and can be caused by any of the following:

1: IDE ribbon cable not connected properly or a bad ribbon cable or connector. Or power cable not being plugged in or loose.
2: Wrong IDE controller driver installed.
3: IDE port is not enabled in pc bios setup.
4. Bad or incorrect firmware flash attempt.
5: Defective drive.