Dear friends,

On a left-over mainboard with a Pentium I 100 MHz (do you remember those?) I was trying to install all necessary peripherals. Only the CD-ROM gives problems. That is to say, it is not detected. The board has two IDE-channels to connect a total of four IDE things. The manual recommends connecting the CD-ROM to the secondary IDE. In the BIOS setup, the fixed drive can then be set to "CD". However, the CD-ROM does not show up in the configuration list after startup. It doesn't in any possible configuration: not as a master or slave as any of the four IDE fixed disks. The BIOS does recognise any harddisks I install, though. The CD-ROM is completely OK, it works fine with my 486DX2-66 (NB: that's where this message is coming from. I'm trying to update my computer system...)

I think the CD-ROM should show up in the BIOS configuration list, but is it essential for it to be recognised by OS's? If so, does anyone know what could cause the problem.

Kindest regards,

Vendredi

Vendredi
Have you tried using a different IDE cable? Checked that you are setting the pins correctly?
Putting the cable on the correct way (red strip to pin 1)(I kow you say you have so please don't take offence. I just fixed a friends comp today where friend said he had checked pins, after I had swapped pins everything ok)
Have you checked that BOTH IDE's are enabled in the BIOS?
Try istalling it a SLAVE on the primary IDE and then pop into BIOS and check to see if it has been found. If not you might have to manualy enter the details. (Check this out on the computer you are using just now). Also try booting comp with boot disk to see if the drive is found that way

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Ernie

This is a double post...and essentially the same answers, from two different people, one in each...

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mjc
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Thank you all for replying. In the end it turns out that Windows doesn't care whether your CD-ROM is in the BIOS. I couldn't get it in there, but Windows still found it. However, due to other problems, I threw the board into the dustbin...

Regards,

Vendredi.