Because Microsoft sets the CD audio mode of the optical drive to digital audio by default in Windows XP operating system, if you do not have the analog audio output line of the optical drive, it is very likely that when playing a CD in Windows XP operating system, the sound is only output from the sound card and cannot be output from the audio output hole of the optical drive. If you want to solve this problem, the procedure is as follows:
Step 1
Right-click my computer and select "properties" from the menu to open the System Properties window. Click the "hardware" tab and click the "Device Manager" button, open the Device Manager window;
Step 2
Open the sub-node of the optical drive, right-click the optical drive device, and select "properties" from the menu to open the Optical Drive Properties window. Click the "properties" tab, remove the check box before option enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device;
Step 3
Click Start>Program→ Attachment → entertainment ", open" Windows Media Player ". Click the Tools menu and select options to open the Media Player options window. Click the devices tab and select your optical drive device from the device list, click "properties" to open the Optical Drive Properties window;
Step 4
Select "simulate" in the playback option, and click "OK" to save and exit and restart the computer.