Device Drivers for TSST DVD?

>I have a mixture of TSST (Toshiba/Samsung) and Sony drives and haven't had
>any problems. If you know the actual drive model number then go to
>Samsung Support and look for firmware updates. There are no drivers
>anywhere to download.
> Update the firmware in XP if possible to prevent further problems.
> Vista's own drivers should enable it to work.
> The other thing to look at would be a) Device Manager does it show there?
> and b) Computer Management/Disk Management - all that may be necessary is
> for you to assign a drive letter to it.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Nick Jacobs" <njacobs@clashmore.com.nospam> wrote in message
> news:7D5856F4-597E-42A5-9264-1FEF298BC8C5@microsoft.com...

>> Has anybody seen a device driver for a TSST DVD RW drive? It's in my
>> Dell Inspiron. All I get is the Error 38 about the drivers. That means
>> I can't even use the DVD rom drive.
>>
>> This would be the last hurtle for me to stay on Vista RC1.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>>

>
>

> The actual device is a TS-L432B DVD+/- notebook drive in a Dell Inspiron
> 6000.
>
> I misread the number, the code is a code 39, device driver problem. I've
> uninstalled/reinstalled the driver several times. The Device Manager sees
> it but it's got the nice exclamation point on it.
>
> The drive is not availabe in disk manager so I can't assign a letter to
> it. As far as updating the firmware on the drive, I'm pretty sure I'm up
> to date. I just did it probably a month ago so we should be ok there.
> Besides, I can't pull the drive and put it in my desktop.
>
>
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:OIGNieB2GHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I have a mixture of TSST (Toshiba/Samsung) and Sony drives and haven't had
>>any problems. If you know the actual drive model number then go to
>>Samsung Support and look for firmware updates. There are no drivers
>>anywhere to download.
>> Update the firmware in XP if possible to prevent further problems.
>> Vista's own drivers should enable it to work.
>> The other thing to look at would be a) Device Manager does it show there?
>> and b) Computer Management/Disk Management - all that may be necessary is
>> for you to assign a drive letter to it.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>> "Nick Jacobs" <njacobs@clashmore.com.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:7D5856F4-597E-42A5-9264-1FEF298BC8C5@microsoft.com...

>>> Has anybody seen a device driver for a TSST DVD RW drive? It's in my
>>> Dell Inspiron. All I get is the Error 38 about the drivers. That means
>>> I can't even use the DVD rom drive.
>>>
>>> This would be the last hurtle for me to stay on Vista RC1.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nick
>>>

>>
>>

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