polaroid burnmax52ex win98 driver installation???

[mikek34]

I´m trying to install the drivers required for a polaroid BurnMax52ex.

It´s an external CD writer connected via the USB port. I´ve downloaded the file M5621Win98driver.exe and after running the application it says that it is installed.

After looking in the control panel for new devices it says that the driver is not installed.

Do this make any sense??

Any help greatly appreciated.

mikek34

 

[scarecrow]

You must install the driver with the device unplugged, reboot and then plug the burner in.
BTW if your USB ports are v. 1.1 your max. burning speed will be 4X.

 

[mikek34]

Thanks for the help Scarecrow. I just tried what you suggested but, I get the same results.

I tried the unit on another PC and the same happens.

Thanks,

Mikek34

 

[LTR12101B]

Win98, or Win98SE ? - SE has better USB support than Win98 first edition.

http://www.usbman.com/Drivers and Patches.htm
If it's 98 first edition, the 98 Service pack 1 update may help (but it SHOULD already be on) - 98 first edition is famous for a crash during a live demonstration, relating to a USB scanner, I believe.


M5621 points me to an ALI chipset driver for USB - are you sure you've matched this correctly to the hardware?

If onboard USB, which motherboard is it (should identify in the boot up screen).

If an add on card, which?

I've not yet found a good reference for that drive.

 

[mikek34]

LTR12101B,

I´m using a Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS laptop with Win98SE.

It uses the AMD K6-2 processor @ 366Mhz. 160Mb of RAM installed. The main circuit board is the Toshiba Portable PC Version A0.

You have lost me with the following sentence:

M5621 points me to an ALI chipset driver for USB - are you sure you've matched this correctly to the hardware?


I have used various other USB devices without any problem (Cameras, printers, scanners etc). Once I get this working I will be using a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed CardBus Adapter. Failing that I´ll open the window and throw it out.

Thanks for the help.

 

[scarecrow]

This driver should be OK- just unplug the burner first, and before reinstalling driver delete the device from device manager completely, and remove any reference from C:/windows/inf/
Using a hi-speed cardbus adapter under 9X on that machine won't improve the speed much- probably 8X, but most likely 4X as before.
Doing that under 2000 or XP (second one rather too heavy for your machine) will likely mulltiply the burning speed, but the best you can expect from that machine is 16X- with a lot of praying. In any case, 52X is a remote dream... your puter just cannot do it.