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Cleared that "enable digital" box on the drive properties. THEN, in
WMP-tools - options - devices - (picked the old CD) - properties, ANALOG
playback selected, now it works.
I thought that I had done that about 20 times before posting, but perhaps a
combo of checking those boxes and then rebooting and cabling fixed it, but I
couldn't get it before.
Thanks for the help.

Side note: I thought that since XP recognized my old CD as a Teac CD58-E ,
it would have selected the proper setting when installing the drive. I guess
I'm giving them too much credit again. It did crash the app (WMP or
RealPlayer) 5-6 times while I was trying to get it going, and once when I
ejected the CD while it was attempting to play, it crashed XP.


"Spam Buster" <s_p_a_m__buster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Bobb" <rjschmoe@nospam_netscape.net> wrote in message
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> |
> | I had one in there - 4 pin CD to CD1 jack on the motherboard - same
thing.
> | It wasn't until tonight that I tried to use this Cd player for music. I
do
> | get internittent sound. I thought I needed that cable. Spent $5 for it
> today
> | (my old one had different end on it (tiny vs this one which is the same
on
> | both ends)) and the CD is the same either way. Does the .cda output go
to
> | this 4 pin cable ?
> | I couldn't figure how the factory CDRW works fine via the same IDE cable
> | (cda files too), but it does.
> | After I hooked up the new cable and cda files were bad, I figured to try
> it
> | wothout the cable - same thing.
> | Why / how does it require the 4 pin cable ?
> | Any setting I need to change ?
> | Thanks.
> |
>
> The issue here is playing digital audio vs. playing analog audio.
>
> Earlier CD-ROM drives and earlier operating systems only supported analog
> audio, which is what the 4-pin cable provides. You need to connect the
cable
> between the CD-ROM drive and the sound card.
>
> Newer CD-ROM drives and newer operating systems (like WinXP) support
digital
> audio, which is transfered over the IDE cable. No need to connect the
4-pin
> cable.
>
> Old CD-ROM drive with new operating system requires you to use analog
audio
> (so need the 4-pin cable). You may need to go to Control Panel for that
> CD-ROM drive, go to Properties and UNcheck "Enable Digital CD Playback".
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> SB
>
>