Michael O'Henly wrote:
> Well, son of a gun. That worked!
>
> Is a CD audio cable for my drive/sound card (HP8100/SB128 PCI) the kind of
> thing I can buy or make easily?
Sorry for the wait replying.
Yes it is - you can but a `CDROM to soundcard audio cable' at any computer store.
They're standard cables for pretty much all machines on the market, with four
wires in all.
Mike
>
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
>
> M.
>
> On Saturday 23 December 2000 17:41, you wrote:
> > If you have another OS, can you plat music CDs in that?
> >
> > If you don't, try connecting your speakers into the headphone jack at the
> > front of your CDROM drive rather than your soundcard. You might not have a
> > CDaudio cable.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Michael O'Henly wrote:
> > > Hi...
> > >
> > > I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. My CD device is an HP8100 CDRW (supported
> > > hardware). I have no trouble using this device as a CD-ROM drive or to
> > > burn CDs, but I cannot play music CDs.
> > >
> > > When I launch the CD Player application, I can eject, select tracks,
> > > etc., so I know that I'm able to address the drive. I have no trouble
> > > with streaming audio or playing .wav files either, so I'm not suspecting
> > > a problem with the sound card (SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Esoniq 1371 driver).
> > >
> > > I've done a Google search which tuned up LOTS of similar reports but no
> > > solutions.
> > >
> > > Is this a recognized problem -- perhaps having to do with SCSI emulation
> > > on an ATAPI/IDE CDRW?
> > >
> > > Any insights here would be most appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
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