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wwildbh   11-30-2001 at 09:05:13 PM

Does everyone know this already? According to what I've read, the need for an audio cable between CD-ROM/DVD is no longer for XP. It sends the audio through the PCI bus.

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AEboy128   12-01-2001 at 06:59:23 PM
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Really?? I'll give it a try in a few mineuts.

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AEboy128   12-01-2001 at 07:24:32 PM
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It works beautifully, thanks!

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btvillarin   12-02-2001 at 02:54:04 AM
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Yeah, this also works in Windows 2000. There's a setting that you can enable digital audio (PCI bus) instead of analog (audio cable). By default, it's set to on.

System Properties > Device Manager > double click your CD-ROM drive > Properties tab > "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-Rom device"

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AMD_Man   12-02-2001 at 04:07:01 AM
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But wouldn't that require more CPU cycles to play CDs?

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

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btvillarin   12-02-2001 at 05:19:48 AM
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Yeah, I think it does. I disabled it because I don't listen to CDs. Some people I've read had problems burning CDs, then someone recommened they disable this setting, and the problem went away.

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upec   12-02-2001 at 12:35:06 PM
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Cool I just get it to work on my computer.

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