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Win98 - Won't Recognise CD/DVD on Boot

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by mj.lawton

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Running Win98. Have Samsung SM308b CD writer/DVD combo drive. After booting up (no problems) the drive reads as no CD inserted although one has been loaded. Will eventualy recognise after several swap ins/outs. Correct drivers are in place/drive connected properly/ latest firmware etc. On inspecting the Registry an entry for the drive was found under SCSI.

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by chris910

It sounds like you've got a little dust inside the drive. A little canned air or a CD-ROM drive cleaner should do the trick.

by thechas

I was not able to find the SM308B on Samsung's US web site.
I assume that the drive is an IDE and not a SCSI drive.

Is the drive connected to a PCI controller card, or to a 3rd or 4th IDE connector on the motherboard?
If so, that may be part of the problem.
Many on-board extended IDE controllers do NOT support CD drives. Even some plug-in IDE controller cards can create problems when a CD drive is connected to them.

I recommend connecting CD drives to the Primary Slave or Secondary "standard" IDE controllers.

The ONLY driver you need for a CD (or DVD) drive is the driver for the IDE controller on the motherboard or plug-in card.
If you installed the driver for the CD drive that comes on the floppy, that can cause problems. The driver on the floppy is the DOS mode driver. You only need this driver IF you need to access the CD from a DOS boot.

Chas

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