you need to search for a file called SBCD.SYS (dont have a link try driversguide or similar)

In your CONFIG.SYS add the following: (if your booting from hdd and not a floppy change accordingly)

DEVICE=A:\SBCD.SYS /D:WINCDROM

Then modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT and add the following:

A:\MSCDEX.exe /D:WINCDROM /V

hi

thanks for the reply. i dont think that ll work! i think i need the actual drivers. regards

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SBCD.SYS is not good enough for you?

Here are the official Panasonic CR-563 CD-Rom drivers.

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasonic/Drivers/OEM-CDROM/

Try 56X_DOS.EXE or this one. One of them should do it, I think.

You should also consider SBCD.SYS. If others report it to work, it must work.

I have also the drivers for this cd-rom..

Thanks! Just used it to make a CR-563-B work. 😀

I have a CR-562-B here, do they need different drivers?
I tried SBCD, as well as SBCDMKE but they don't find the drive.
Soundcard is a SB 16 CT 2770

Eimer wrote on 2024-02-24, 20:23:

I have a CR-562-B here, do they need different drivers?
I tried SBCD, as well as SBCDMKE but they don't find the drive.
Soundcard is a SB 16 CT 2770

The 562 and 563 use the same drivers.

Yep same driver according to: http://web.archive.org/web/20000304200709fw_/ … s-oem-cd-r.html
So does the 562B tray open/close at all ? Are you sure you have the cable connected correctly ? Is drive set to ID0 ?
IIRC they do not work well unless on a 386 or better....

Eimer wrote on 2024-02-24, 20:23:

I have a CR-562-B here, do they need different drivers?
I tried SBCD, as well as SBCDMKE but they don't find the drive.
Soundcard is a SB 16 CT 2770

If you insert a CD in the drive, does it try to spin up and detect the disc? I am asking this because at least the CR-563-B model usually suffers a problem with a plastic gear on the mechanism that moves the laser pickup. Normally, upon powering on the drive the pickup moves to the home position at the center of the drive, and when it gets there a switch gets pushed by the pickup signaling the motor to spin up the disc if there is one inserted. When the gear fails, the pickup may be unable to reach the home position and so the drive never becomes "ready".

I am currently trying to fix a CR-563-B with this broken gear, 3D printed replacements can be found on eBay as it is the same optical drive used by the 3DO consoles. Not sure how different they are to the CR-562-B though.

There have been times where I have had to specify the sound card's IO address, I think it's something like:

DEVICE=CDMKE.SYS /D:MSCD0001 /SBP:220

There's also a /P switch where you can specify other IO addresses.

DamienC wrote on 2024-02-26, 12:38:

There have been times where I have had to specify the sound card's IO address, I think it's something like:

DEVICE=CDMKE.SYS /D:MSCD0001 /SBP:220

There's also a /P switch where you can specify other IO addresses.

Thank you so much for mentioning this. /SBP:220 got my CR-563-B working. That parameter is also needed on standalone CD-ROM controllers like the CT1830 (mine runs on 250 instead of 220).

TheMobRules wrote on 2024-02-25, 02:48:

Eimer wrote on 2024-02-24, 20:23:

I have a CR-562-B here, do they need different drivers?
I tried SBCD, as well as SBCDMKE but they don't find the drive.
Soundcard is a SB 16 CT 2770

If you insert a CD in the drive, does it try to spin up and detect the disc? I am asking this because at least the CR-563-B model usually suffers a problem with a plastic gear on the mechanism that moves the laser pickup. Normally, upon powering on the drive the pickup moves to the home position at the center of the drive, and when it gets there a switch gets pushed by the pickup signaling the motor to spin up the disc if there is one inserted. When the gear fails, the pickup may be unable to reach the home position and so the drive never becomes "ready".

I am currently trying to fix a CR-563-B with this broken gear, 3D printed replacements can be found on eBay as it is the same optical drive used by the 3DO consoles. Not sure how different they are to the CR-562-B though.

Did you fix it? I have 2 drives and none spin-up. I try run 3do blaster with drive...

mt777 wrote on 2024-10-07, 23:56:

Did you fix it? I have 2 drives and none spin-up. I try run 3do blaster with drive...

Yes, replacing the gear with a 3D printed one from eBay did the trick! The original gear had a crack that caused it to be loose on the shaft, so the worm gear didn't work properly.

This video shows how to disassemble a 3DO drive and replace the gear, which is basically the same as the CR-563-B (note: unlike the video, I didn't have to glue the gear to the shaft as it was a really tight fit, very good 3D print quality).

Out of the 4x CR-563-B drives I have, 3 of them didn’t work. The lazer couldn’t move up and down to read disc’s. All I needed to do was open the unit up and manually move the motors main shaft with my fingers to get it moving again. After not running for such a long time the motor needed some help to un-seize.