[semiotically]

My CD drive on my Sony TX3XP laptop opens, fires up fine although doesn't show in My Computer as a Drive and I can't access any CD's using this.

I connected another External Sony CD Drive PCGA-CD51/A and the same thing.

Also the same with my Maxtor External Hard-drive.

All 3 appear with ! in Device manager.


I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. The CD-Drive was working fine. I hadn't used it in a while as I turn off to save power on my laptop (using 'Vaio Power management' ) and it surprised me to find it in this state when switched to on.


Thanks in advance for any help,

Sem White.

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Ok before listing actions taken the device is Matshita uj-832d


1. Ok I did check in respect to:

This may not be the answer, but click Start / Run / type: services.msc / scroll down to Plug and Play / set to Automatic

It is already set to Automatic.


2. I then checked the microsoft support article for guided help:

I received the file: 314060.exe and unfortunately the message Guided Help cannot be downloaded at this time.


3. I downloaded the original driver package from sony site: TX3_Drivers, though nothing resembles the correct file.


4. I tried this update file (found in 2 locations on web): KMFOPD-01120300-US.EXE and received message not for this vaio model.


5. I sent email and then registered for this file: (google for location): uj-832d-driver.1.3.1.zip. No email or registration email ever came in reply.


6. I uninstalled drivers from device Manager and then scanned for hardware changes, it reinstalled but to same error message 39: cannot load drivers.



I guess the right step is to find the original drivers (or maybe you think otherwise..?), if you can do this kudos for knowing google better than I surrender.gif




Thanks for any support,

Sem.

[semiotically]

Ok before listing actions taken the device is Matshita uj-832d


1. Ok I did check in respect to:

This may not be the answer, but click Start / Run / type: services.msc / scroll down to Plug and Play / set to Automatic

It is already set to Automatic.


2. I then checked the microsoft support article for guided help:

I received the file: 314060.exe and unfortunately the message Guided Help cannot be downloaded at this time.


3. I downloaded the original driver package from sony site: TX3_Drivers, though nothing resembles the correct file.


4. I tried this update file (found in 2 locations on web): KMFOPD-01120300-US.EXE and received message not for this vaio model.


5. I sent email and then registered for this file: (google for location): uj-832d-driver.1.3.1.zip. No email or registration email ever came in reply.


6. I uninstalled drivers from device Manager and then scanned for hardware changes, it reinstalled but to same error message 39: cannot load drivers.



I guess the right step is to find the original drivers (or maybe you think otherwise..?), if you can do this kudos for knowing google better than I surrender.gif




Thanks for any support,

Sem.

[wannabe1]

Hello semiotically...

Click Start, then Run, type regedit and click "Ok"

In the left pane, expand (click +) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Control, then Class, and click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

In the right pane, are UpperFilters and/or LowerFilters listed?

wannabe1

[semiotically]

Thanks wannabe 1... yes deleting the upper and lower entries works like dream:

so anyone else...

Start

Run

regedit

<press enter> and follow the advanced (2nd) section within:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060.

Thanks.