Microsoft KB Archive/264201

= Cannot Select &quot;Enable Digital CD Audio for this CD-ROM Device&quot; Option =

Article ID: 264201

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264201



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SYMPTOMS
You may not be able to click to select the Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device check box on the Properties tab in Device Manager.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if either of the following conditions is present:
 * You have VXD-based drivers installed for your sound card.
 * Your CD-ROM drive is known to have problems running sustained digital reads.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the appropriate method:
 * Upgrade your sound card drivers to Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers.
 * Upgrade your CD-ROM to a drive that supports sustained digital reads.



MORE INFORMATION
The following list contains CD-ROM drives that are known to have problems with Digital Audio Extraction:

Generic WDM

CD-912E/ATK

Acer

ACER_5X_CD-ROM

ACER_616A-003

ACER_SPEED-12X

ACER_CD-525E_2

ACER_24X/AKOX

E-IDE_CD-ROM_24X/AKOX_1 ATAPI___CD-ROM_SPEED-6X_6

ACER____CD-767E/SAS_____0

ACER____CD-910E/JAS_____0

Aztec

AZT_66801I_0

Compaq

COMPAQ_CRD-S311_1

COMPAQ_DVD-ROM_GD-2000_0

COMPAQ_PD-1_LF-1094C_B

Creative

CREATIVE_CD_620E

CREATIVECD1220E_1

Funai

FUNAI_E2650_1

Goldstar

GOLDSTARCD-ROM_GCD-R580B

GOLDSTARCD-ROM_GCD-R520B

GOLDSTARCD-ROM_CRD-8240B

GOLDSTARCRD-8160B_(CPQ)1

GOLDSTARCRD-8240B_______1

GOLDSTARCD-ROM_GCD-R542B1

HP

HP_CD-WRITER_6020_B

Hitachi

HITACHI_CDR-S100

HITACHI_GD-2000_0

HITACHI_CDR-7830_0

HITACHI_CDR-7830_2

HITACHI_CDR-7930

HITACHI_CDR-8130

HITACHI_DVD-ROM_GD-2000

Liteon

LITEON_CD-ROM_LTN222

LITEON_CD-ROM_LTN262_G

Matshita

MATSHITA_CD-ROM_CR-5850

MATSHITADVD-ROM_SR-8582

MATSHITACD-ROM_CR-581_0

MATSHITADVD-ROM_SR-85810

Mitsumi

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!AE

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!BA

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!BE

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!BG

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!BS

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_!BZ

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_FX600T

MITSUMI_CD-ROM_FX240S_!B

MITSUMI_CR-2600TE_2

NEC

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:253

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:280

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:2823

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:286

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:252

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:2853

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:4621

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:2724

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:2734

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:2843

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:5002

NEC_CD-ROM_DRIVE:5022

Philips

PHILIPS_CM207_1

Plextor

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-8XCS

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-4XCS

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-12TS

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-20TS_1

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-4XCH_1

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-6XCS_1

PLEXTOR_CD-ROM_PX-40TS_1

PLEXTOR_CD-R___PX-W422T1

PLEXTOR_CD-R___PX-R82T_1

PLEXTOR_CD-R___PX-W822T1

Ricoh

RICOH_MP6201S_2

Samsung

SAMSUNG_SCR-730

Sanyo

SANYO_CRD-254P_1

Sony

SONY_CD-ROM_CDU55E_1

SONY_CD-ROM_CDU77E

SONY_DVD-ROM_DDU100E

SONY_CD-ROM_CDU76E-S

SONY_CD-ROM_CDU76E-Q_1

SONY_DVD-ROM_DDU100E_1

SONY____CD-R___CRX110E__1

Teac

TEAC_CD-55E

TEAC_CD-512E

TEAC_CD-56E_0

TEAC_CD-220EA_0

TEAC CD-224E

TEAC CD-532E-B

Texel

TEXEL_CD-ROM_DM-XX24

Torisan

TORISAN_CD-ROM_CDR_S18_1

Toshiba

TOSHIBA_CD-ROM_XM-3501TA

TOSHIBA_CD-ROM_XM-3601TA

TOSHIBA_CD-ROM_XM-5702B2

Wearnes

WEARNES_CDD-1020

WEARNES_CDD-620_ERA_A

WEARNES_CDD-620_ERB_B

WPI

WPI_CDD-820_ERI_A

NOTE: The list of CD-ROM drives contained in this article was extracted from the Mscdrom.inf file, which is included with Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

Additional query words: HWSNDEM hwcds

Keywords: kbprb KB264201

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