First post, by DeadnightWarrior
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Hi all,
My Via K8M800 / AMD Athlon 64 based retro system is working fine ATM.
But one thing is driving me mad: I can't seem to find a working IDE DVD drive.
I tried FOUR different ones, three LGs and a TDK: none of them would properly read home made CD-R / RW and DVD-R / RW and in fact, they often don't even detect the discs! I use to burn them on my Ryzen PC with a fairly common LG SATA DVD burner, but even trying multiple discs and low write speeds doesn't help.
This happens on both Windows 98 and Windows XP SP2, with IDE drivers properly installed and active DMA.
I think it's essential to have a functioning IDE optical drive, especially for all those games relying on CD music as no SATA drive I know of seems to have the audio connector.
I'd gladly go and buy a new one but no one manufactures IDE optical drives anymore, so I'm stuck with the used market and it's a Russian roulette.
Any advice on brands / models to check?
Thank you for bearing with me!