CD-ROMs aren't detected now!

[AnIdiot]

I installed a new Asus P4T533-C motherboard with a P4 2.66Ghz Proc, and now CD-ROM drives aren't detected! I'm running Windows 98SE (Used old boot CD from my old HD.) Is it maybe Windows 98 thats causing the problems? The CD-ROM is detected in the BIOS as a CD-ROM, it's just that Windows isn't detecting it. FYI: I've tried two CD-ROMs, a CD-ROM and a CD-RW, and both come up negative.

[PrntRhd]

more will follow,

did you try new cable to optical drives?

[Whyzman]

Originally posted by AnIdiot
I'm running Windows 98SE (Used old boot CD from my old HD.I'm not understanding what you've done. :confused:

Did you use a new harddrive with your new motherboard?? If you did, how did you load Windows??

[AnIdiot]

No no, harddrive is irrelevent, merely stating that I bought a new HD and transfered Windows 98SE using the boot CD from my old HD. What type of cables are you talking about?

[pave_spectre]

Originally posted by AnIdiot
What type of cables are you talking about?

Try a new IDE cable from the CD drive to the motherboard.

You might also want to look in Device Manager to see if the optical drives show up at all.

[Whyzman]

Originally posted by AnIdiot
No no, harddrive is irreleventThe harddrive may be irrelevant, but what you have put on the new harddrive is another matter.

If you did not do a "clean installation" of Win98 (i.e., you just transfered data from your old harddrive to the new), then you have not allowed the operating system to "adapt" itself to the new motherboard...

Operating systems are "generic" until they are installed on a particular system, at which point they are then "configured" or adapted to the demands of a particular system.

It's sounding to me as though you are carrying over drivers and a configuration that was adapted for your old motherboard and system...

If this is indeed what you have done, then I would suggest that you give your new motherboard a fighting chance by performing a clean install...

You essentially have a new computer and you need to let Windoze extract from the Win98 disk what it needs for this system...then, installing the drivers that accompanied your new motherboard...

By way of analogy, it would be similar to installing a V8 Hemi engine into a car or truck that had a flat 6...the wiring harnesses, tranny, etc., are simply not going to match up...the vehicle would have to be seriously modified to get the performance one would expect from the new high performance engine... ;)

You could keep your old drive slaved and transfer any important data to the new drive...

[AnIdiot]

The problem with doing a clean install of Win98 again, is that its a boot disk. It'll install old VooDoo3 Video Drivers and I'd have a low of updating to do. And all the drivers I have ever downloaded are on CDs. If doing a clean install doesn't fix things, I'm stuck with VooDoo3 drivers, etc. Know what I mean?

[Whyzman]

By boot disk, do you mean a recovery disk??

Was your old setup proprietary??

[AnIdiot]

Yes yes, thats what I meant, recovery disk, sorry. This is my first built computer so I'm not any good at it, lol. Yes, The first system was proprietary.

[CPU Trubble]

Have you made sure that the drives are set as masters/slaves properly?

Do you have the correct, updated drivers installed?

[mjc]

Well, using recovery disks for another system, if they run at all is bound to give all sorts of errors.

You really need to do a "clean" install of you OS......that means using a retail or OEM version of it...one from MS.

Sorry, until you get rid of everything related to the other system you will have problems. This is a case of the OS being preconfigured for another setup and not properly detecting the changes made (happens too often, even though Windows is "supposed" to be able to do it.....). conflicting drivers, wrong settings......just too much for Windows tro recover from.

[AnIdiot]

Clean installing has been a thought of mine since it occurred. I wanted to buy XP anyways since I need it for Hyperthreading suport, a more stable sytem, etc. so I purchased it yesterday (along with a new Power Supply to occupy that 12v that I need for P4s.) So I'll do a clean install from there and see if it works, thanks for the suggestions and anymore would be appreciated!