It sounds like software problem rather than hardware to me.

However, I can't think any "normal" reason why your windows "read" any cd as
audio cd, even you did assign Windows Media Player to play all media file
types. It is very possible that your windows registry is messed up.

You may try to re-install win98 over your existing windows (DO NOT format,
just install win98 on top of your current windows), you won't loss any data,
but you will have to re-download all MS update.

Last, try to post your problem at PCsoft as well.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "William A Council" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 12:22 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] CD-Rom Drive reads all CDs as Audio


> Good Day One and All,
>
> CD-Rom drive of a Pentium II, 32 MB Ram, 4 GB Hard Drive, 24x CD Rom
> drive, Windows 98 SE calls all CDs placed inside Audio. Windows Media
> Player also refuses to play any real Audio CDs. I have checked for the
> latest drivers and download the latest critical updates from Microsoft. I
> at the point of saying replace the drive but this doesn't act like any
> defective CD-Rom drive that I have seen. Checked Audio CDs in a stand
> alone player and they play perfectly there. The software CDs can also be
> read from a different system.
>
> My question: Is it safe to assume that CD-Rom is defective and replace it
> or could it still be a software problem.

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