My father gave me a msi ms-8408a dvd/rw and he didn't have the cd for the drivers is there somewhere I can download the drivers free on the internet? I would really like to use it but I can't until I find the drivers. HELP!!! Susan

Download from the below link

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=152

I didn't think that you can get a new CD/DVD of drivers. Download from above and it is original

Try this link to download:

rapid4me.com/?q=msi+ms+7142+motherboard+drivers

you can download a generic cd/dvd burning software and install it. http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free/3000-2646_4-10776287.html

Download microsoft fixit from http://www.ziddu.com/download/6528022/MicrosoftFixit50027.msi.html and install it in your pc ,once its finished jst restart your pc and see it will work

you can use this download to find any missing drivers

http://www.quusoft.com/products/system-utility/quusoft-driver-smart/

• Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year limited
• Product Height 1.6"
• Product Width 5.7"
• Product Weight 1.8 lbs.
• Product Depth 6.5"
• Internal or External Internal
• Overall Maximum Write Speed 22x
• Maximum Write Speed 16x DVD+R DL; 12x DVD-R DL; 22x DVD+R; 22x DVD-R; 12x DVD-RAM; 48x CD-R
• Maximum Rewrite Speed 8x DVD+RW; 6x DVD-RW; 32x CD-RW
• Maximum Read Speed 16x DVD-ROM; 48x CD-ROM
• Interface Slot/Connection Port Serial ATA
• Cache Buffer 2MB
• System Requirements Windows 2000 Professional, ME, XP Home, XP Professional, Vista
• Additional System Requirements Intel® Pentium® III 1.0GHz; 256MB RAM; 20GB free hard drive space; 64MB video memory
• Average Access Time 140 ms DVD; 120 ms CD

I hope this helps you out

I will give you a easiest way for finding the drivers thatyou need for your hardware.Just download the softwarename ddrivermagician. Install it and it will search for the drivers thatis not installed for the hardware you have through internet andwill download it for you.

here is the link for that software

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4569239/Driver_Magician_3.42.zip.html

Thanks,
Mukund Ubhadiya
www.einfochips.com

click here to download Msi PM8PM-V (ms 7222 ver2.0) Motherboard Audio, Vga, and Lan Driver

Download a DVD software for your OS from the internet since it appears that your drive is working. Try "DVD software download" in google search.

The drivers can be downloaded from here: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=173 The manual can be downloaded from here: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=manual&maincat_no=1&prod_no=173