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Can't SONY driver working with CDU701

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First post, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 02:10

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This drive is actually a COMPAQ OEM, but it's a SONY. It worked fine on oakcdrom and the generic Acer driver. SONY is called ATAPI_CD.SYS. The driver version for the CDU701 is 2.27a (1994). I also tried its 1996 successor 2.27b.

The error comes up when the driver tries to load.

Config.sys and autoexec.bat attached
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Reply 1 of 8, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 02:11

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Reply 2 of 8, by Rodoko

Posted on 2017-09-07, 04:32

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Try using the more common Oak driver and see if it works, good luck :3

Reply 3 of 8, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 05:26

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I already stated that I used oakcdrom.sys, and it worked.

Reply 4 of 8, by derSammler

Posted on 2017-09-07, 17:40

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smevans526 wrote:
I already stated that I used oakcdrom.sys, and it worked.

What exactly is your question then? If oakcdrom.sys worked, then use just that.

Reply 5 of 8, by Robin4

Posted on 2017-09-07, 18:07

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I guess it is an IDE cd-rom, neither an proprietary original SONY interface.. Because OAKCDROM.SYS is an IDE device driver.. I think your are mixing things up here.

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Reply 6 of 8, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 20:30

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Nothing's wrong with functionality under oakcdrom, it just consumes an insane amount of memory. Acer is ok, but I had a few issues in the past with protected mode sierra games.

The atapi_cd driver is the official download for the cdu701, apparently. Yes, it is IDE, not a proprietary interface. Are you telling me I have the wrong driver?

Reply 7 of 8, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 20:49

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derSammler wrote:
smevans526 wrote:
I already stated that I used oakcdrom.sys, and it worked.

What exactly is your question then? If oakcdrom.sys worked, then use just that.

I thought the question was clear. I want the SONY drive to work with the SONY driver that it's, apparently, supposed to work with. Again, this system has memory constraints so I'd like to see how much is consumed by the original driver.

Reply 8 of 8, by smevans526

Posted on 2017-09-07, 20:51

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That is, if such a driver exists. Maybe this Compaq oem cdu701 has a different interface from the original SONY

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