Hi all,

For some reason, Vista is recognizing my SCSI Plextor 40/12/40S CD-RW
drive as a "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012S". So, I can use it as a CD-R in Vista
and Media Player, but not as a CD-RW (i.e. I can't erase discs or use
rewritable discs). It definitely does have CD-RW capabilities because I
can use it as such in Nero, and have used it in XP to do the same.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,
Matt.

Have u tried to get an updated driver from Plextor?

"mbg" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

For some reason, Vista is recognizing my SCSI Plextor 40/12/40S CD-RW
drive as a "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012S". So, I can use it as a CD-R in Vista
and Media Player, but not as a CD-RW (i.e. I can't erase discs or use
rewritable discs). It definitely does have CD-RW capabilities because I
can use it as such in Nero, and have used it in XP to do the same.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,
Matt.

There aren't any drivers... it's a drive attached to an SCSI controller,
so the SCSI controller driver is all I need.

Matt.

In article ,
says...
Have u tried to get an updated driver from Plextor?

"mbg" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

For some reason, Vista is recognizing my SCSI Plextor 40/12/40S CD-RW
drive as a "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012S". So, I can use it as a CD-R in Vista
and Media Player, but not as a CD-RW (i.e. I can't erase discs or use
rewritable discs). It definitely does have CD-RW capabilities because I
can use it as such in Nero, and have used it in XP to do the same.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,
Matt.

Matt sorry mean't firmware update not "driver" There is also a tool u can
d/l from plextor.

"mbg" wrote in message
om...
There aren't any drivers... it's a drive attached to an SCSI controller,
so the SCSI controller driver is all I need.

Matt.

In article ,
says...
Have u tried to get an updated driver from Plextor?

"mbg" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

For some reason, Vista is recognizing my SCSI Plextor 40/12/40S CD-RW
drive as a "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012S". So, I can use it as a CD-R in
Vista
and Media Player, but not as a CD-RW (i.e. I can't erase discs or use
rewritable discs). It definitely does have CD-RW capabilities because I
can use it as such in Nero, and have used it in XP to do the same.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,
Matt.

There may not be drivers for the Plextor but have you checked for their
firmware updates -- those affect recognition of media.

They are up to version 1.04 now and I see:

Version 1.03 Download (File Size: 467KB) Date posted: July 18, 2003

Added support for newer CD-R/RW media.

The firmware updates are cumulative.

If you are scsi connected (I have a fair amount on board) check out
this Adaptec website if you are using Adaptec controllers and see if
your card is supported in VISTA:

http://adaptec-tic.adaptec.com/cgi-
bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?
p_faqid=14790&p_created=1160005296&p_sid=GNBSt-
ui&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWR zb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9
MTM0JnBfcHJvZHM9MTMyLCx2Mj4mcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0yLj E0MyZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJ
jaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li =&p_topview=1

Sorry about the URL -- if it does not work when you click on it, try
clicking on the last line and if that does not work go to the Adaptec
website / Support / Scsi software /

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support...SPI/ASPI-4.70/

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