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- CD-ROM Audio in Windows 3.1
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- This is a complete description of the support for CD-ROM Audio in Windows
- 3.1. This article will try to completely explain the CD-ROM environment.
- It will also include a detailed list of things that need to be done to use
- Music CDs in your CD-ROM under Windows 3.1.
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- The support for CD-ROM Audio is a multilevel cooperation of three levels
- of drivers. They are the manufacture's CD-ROM device driver, Microsoft's
- MSCDEX.EXE, and Windows 3.1 MCICDA.DRV. These are the three drivers
- required to use the CD-ROM Audio support in Windows 3.1. The manufacture's
- driver interfaces directly to the CD-ROM device. It talks to MSCDEX.EXE.
- MSCDEX.EXE is the programmers Red Book CD Audio driver. It talks to
- MCICDA.DRV of Windows 3.1. MCICDA.DRV supports Windows applications using
- CD Audio. It talks to Windows programs. CD Wizzard(TM), a windows
- application, talks to MCICDA.DRV.
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- All three drivers must be installed and configured correctly to play music
- CDs. When Windows 3.1 setup program is run, it checks for the presence
- of MSCDEX.EXE. If it is found, it will create an entry for MCICDA.DRV in
- your system. But, it will NOT install the driver! This must be done by
- the user after the installation is completed. CD Wizzard gives instructions
- on how to do this when it detects the situation. Following are the exact
- steps to add all these drivers to your system:
- A) Add your manufacture's driver supplied with the CD-ROM Drive to
- CONFIG.SYS.
- B) Add MSCDEX.EXE from manufacture or Microsoft to AUTOEXEC.BAT.
- C) Configure the above drivers for each other. Use the documentation
- from manufacture.
- D) Go to Control Panel in windows and select Drivers Icon.
- E) Press the ADD Button.
- F) Select "[MCI] CD Audio" entry and press OK Button
- G) Insert Windows Disk asked for and follow instructions.
- H) Restart windows. You should now be able to Run CD Wizzard to play
- Music CDs. If after the above steps you are still not getting
- the MCICDA.DRV to run, follow these instructions:
- A) Edit SYSTEM.INI.
- B) Find the [MCI] section.
- C) There should be a "CDAudio=mcicda.drv" entry. If not, add it.
- D) Save SYSTEM.INI and exit editor.
- E) Do a directory listing on your <windows>\SYSTEM directory.
- F) Is MCICDA.DRV present? If not:
- 1) Search Windows 3.1 Install disks for a file
- "MCICDA.DR_". On 3 1/2 HD it is #4.
- 2) Use EXPAND.EXE command to expand file to <windows>\SYSTEM.
- 3) Restart windows.
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- One major problem that we have seen with CD-ROM drives is that the lens
- pickup system gets dirty easily. This can cause the CD-ROM drive to act
- very strange. It will skip in playing songs, reset the drive, or not play
- a disk at all. To clean a CD-ROM drive, a CD cleaning disk can be bought
- at most audio stores. Run the disk through the drive. This should solve
- the problem. You should clean your drive at least every 60 days.
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