mike77 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 i have a laptop with a pcmcia card slot that is connected to an external sony cd-rw\dvd-rom drive. Model CRX85A. And have lost cd I have downloaded the drivers for it and can't get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1K Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Welcome to the forum did you download the latest drivers from Sony web site, which OS are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike77 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 Welcome to the forum did you download the latest drivers from Sony web site, which OS are you using?i'm running xp and have downloaded the drivers already but the laptop is still not reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1K Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Maybe you can contact Sony tech supportIt may be possible that PCMCIA slot is malfunctioning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike77 Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 Maybe you can contact Sony tech supportIt may be possible that PCMCIA slot is malfunctioningi'll try and keep you posted thanks for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 These can be tricky to get to work sometimes on some laptops. I'd start by trying different slot configs in the bios (pc card/pcmcia) Lots of times this fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buletov Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 or that known line: "turn it off and then back on" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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