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Wes24
01-07-2009, 03:38 AM
I have an old IBM Thinkpad 365XD with windows 95 OS. I'm trying to find the driver for the Teac cd-rom drive

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: IBM
Model: Thinkpad 365XD
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows 95
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rom (reader only)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Easy Cd Creator/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=475&qa5=3&qa7=1200&dp=3&qm0=Thinkpad+365XD&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=IBM+CD+%2F+DVD++Thinkpad+365XD+Windows+95+) | Research manufacturer IBM (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=475)

Jerry K
02-16-2009, 01:03 AM
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 a 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.

Why doesn't my CD-ROM or second IDE hard drive work with Windows 95?
There are two known issues involving CD-ROM drives:

1* The retail version of Microsoft Windows 95 may not recognize the Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE controller used on Intel motherboards, causing the BIOS to disable the secondary IDE channel. This can result in IDE devices (such as CD-ROM drives) not being detected or disappearing after the system is rebooted. The solution for this problem is to update the IDE drivers for your motherboard from it's vendor or manufacturer.

2* Windows 95 also may fail to recognize a CD-ROM drive that does not comply with the ATAPI specification.