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Title:D A R T <--> L A P T O P
Moderator:DEBUG::GALLOFIELD
Created:Tue Jun 02 1992
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:501
Total number of notes:3514

491.0. "Mobile Media Dock can't handle E-CDs" by NWD002::LEARNEDDE () Tue Feb 04 1997 13:37

    The mobile media dock on the new laptops may have a deficieny...
    I have this Compact Disc which is primarily audio, however, it is
    called an "enhanced CD" in that, there is also some data on it
    (multimedia, screensaver). On my machine at home (Starion W95) I can
    play the audio and access the data, no problem. On every other machine
    I've tried, it doesn't work! The CD player (audio) application
    recognizes the disc as a data disc, but when you try to explore the
    'data' CD, it just says the drive is not ready... Retry?
    So, what I've learned is that the CDrom drive itself needs a particular
    version of firmware so that it can sort out the audio information and
    access the data. I believe the audio is Red Book and the data is Yellow
    Book, or something like that.  Anyway, is it possible to get firmware
    updates for the CDrom drive so that I can access my "enhanced" CDs?
    
    Thanks,
    Dennis
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