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no cd-rom on pentium 60

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by europanorama

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i am desperately trying to install a cd-rom-drive(under windows 98a)without any success.
it worked before under win3.11. maybe i will try with a win3.11-drive to test if the ide-controller is defective.
everything works fine(with the same drives on a p166mmx). cables are ok. cd-rom can be seen. i guess the ide-controller is defective
i have made a copy from a master win98a-drive. when windows starts it seeks all kind of drivers and wants win98-cd-rom. but the drive is not working. who knows what to do?

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by thechas

Does the BIOS find the drive in the POST sequence?
If the BIOS errors on identifying the drive, the drive may not be accessible at all.

Is the IDE channel that the drive is connected to enabled, and set to either CD-ROM, or auto?

Try the alternate boot disks available from www.bootdisk.com
You may need to use either the Ultimate boot disk, or CD-ROM god to find a compatible driver for your drive.

Chas

by europanorama

sorry i cannot remember the answers you need. too less sleep... i will give them tonight. i will try to install win98a with a new empty harddrive. then we will see if the controller is working. i will try to install a second harddisk as master on second channel) together with the working one.

by europanorama

i use all kind of boards. in the bios some have an auto, or/and cd-rom-function for setting up the channels(secondary in my case). if eighter auto or cd-rom is possible do i have to activate them? if there is no cd-rom but auto instead(plus none of course) do i have to activate this or will the drive be recognized automatically?

by gigelul

Some old CD-ROM drives don't work with some news HDD on the same IDE interface. Try to move the CD-ROM on the second IDE interface.

by europanorama

i have only older hdds but sure old cd-rom-drives too. i have troubles with some slower than 16x. is there a certain standard for recognition?

by europanorama

o switched to a p75 and recognized that i had to install the cd-rom driver manually. i have two identical p60-mainboards. one was working. but when i changed ram-actual hardddisk with win98a was working-i had the cd-rom problem and lately no-mouse-recognition. in cmos: no mouse installed.
how knows what i can do to solve the mouse problem? mouse and cable are working on other pcs.
thanks a lot. i want to save my 2 p60!

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