MSB Ocean: CD Audio MCI Driver Not Installed with Aztech Sound (142516)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to run Setup for Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean (MSB Ocean), you receive the following error message:

CD Audio MCI driver not installed or there is no CD present in your CD-ROM drive. Use the Drivers icon in Control Panel to install CD Audio MCI driver if it is missing. Ensure you have your CD with the Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean program inserted into your CD ROM drive.

This behavior has been observed with the following configuration:

Aztech Sound card with a Panasonic (Matsushita) CD-ROM drive running under Windows version 3.x.

RESOLUTION

Update the CD-ROM driver to use the following Panasonic driver (or later):

Filename	Size	Date	Time
CDMKE.SYS	13,411	2/22/95	4:11:00AM

You may obtain the driver Cdmke.sys by downloading the file, 56xdos.exe from one of the following locations:

WWW.PANASONIC.COM/OEM-CD-R.HTML (as of 1/10/96)

-or-

Panasonic BBS (770) 664-1833 (Communications Protocol: 8,N,1)

NOTE: The file 56xdos.exe is a self-extracting, compressed file that, when uncompressed, provides you with the needed driver. There is an Install.exe file packaged in the 56xdos.exe, but you do not need to run the install program. Use the following instructions to replace the Cr56x.sys file with the newer Cdmke.sys file:

Copy the Cdmke.sys file to your drivers folder on drive C (c:\drivers), where C is the letter of your hard drive where you installed Windows.
Edit the Config.sys file with a text editor, such as Notepad, and change the line that contains the CD-ROM driver to the use the Cdmke.sys file. For example, change the following line
Device=C:\Wavrider\Drivers\Cr56x.sys /P:340 /D:Mscd000

to

Device=C:\Drivers\Cdmke.sys /P:340 /D:Mscd000
NOTE: If you receive errors when you start the computer, check the switches ("/" on the end of the Device line in Config.sys to make sure they specify the proper settings).

For additional information, please see the manual that came with your CD-ROM or contact your hardware manufacturer.
Install and run MSB Ocean.

If you have trouble accessing or installing the file, please contact Panasonic (8:00 A.M. to 9:00 P. M. eastern time) at:

(800) 890-3219

-or-

(770) 664-3201

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: The driver for the Panasonic CD-ROM drive is usually included with the sound card. This is common practice because a CD-ROM drive often is connected through the sound card to the data bus.

There may be situations when a CD-ROM driver causes Windows 3.x to misdetect the presence of the CD-Audio MCI driver. With other configurations, do not rule out the possibility that you may have to update your CD-ROM driver to get CD Audio to play correctly.

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