Pioneer DVD 115 - tray load

[techhelper]

Anyone know how to read the "firmware" version on this drive, or better yet where are the latest drivers for this DVD drive located. I tried www.pioneerelectronics.com but that was for car and home electronics not pc products. Thanks

 

[Workin']

If you are using Win 9x, from control panel go to system properties, then device manager, find the device listing for the drive and choose properties. There you will find the firmware revision number.

In Windows (9x, Me, or 2k) or linux you don't need a driver. In dos, use a generic CD-ROM driver.

I just got a Pioneer DVD 115, it works fine. Are you having issues with yours?

 

[techhelper]

No issues except that I'm using it with the ATI RAGE FURY PRO 32MB card and the diagnostics for testing the DVD portion of the ATI card indicates that the DVD is not "optimized" !!! whatever that means... also it said something about DMA, does this drive need a DMA channel or whatever its called ?

 

[RadMan]

www.pioneerusa.com I think.

 

[Workin']

Ha! I'm using mine with a Rage Fury Pro 32MB card, too. You have to enable (well, you don't HAVE to, but it helps!) DMA for the DVD drive. In Windows 9x you do that in Device Manager. Control Panel->System->Devices->CD-ROM Drives->Pioneer..->Properties->Settings->put a check mark in DMA box. Reboot.

How long have you had the Rage card? Have you had any problems getting it working properly? Mine has been a bitch and a half, the OpenGL drivers don't always work perfectly even after trying every driver version, and finally I had to mix'n'match base drivers, OpenGL drivers, and D3D drivers (believe it or not, the D3D driver controls the quality of your DVD rendering on your monitor) from different driver releases to get it to work as good as it does now. But I will say the 2-D quality, DVD performance, and TV-out quality is excellent, and the video-in works fine, too.

Edit: I checked Pioneer's web site and there is no firmware update for this drive currently available - the drive was just recently introduced according to the info posted on their site.