Mike, Ashok:

Another issue is HOW old a CD drive it is, and was it hooked to some
kind of proprietary port on a sound card?  The connection may ~look~
like standard IDE but isn't.  There is no solution if you have one of
these critters and don't have the card.

Eric

Mike Buraczewski wrote:
>
> One wild guess is that the data cable is attached with the pins mismatched.
> In other words, the Pin 1 [the colored side of the ribbon cable]  is on Pin
> 40.  A rule of thumb if the cd is not marked is that Pin 1 is closest to the
> power connector.
>
> Mike Buraczewski
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ashok Bhiman <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 5:35 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] CDROM Drive not working
>
> | I have an old CD Drive which is not working properly. When the data cable
> is plugged in, there is
> |no display at all i.e. I cannot boot the system. If the data cable is
> removed, the system boots
> |and the CD Drive is energised i.e. the light comes on and I can both open
> and close it. Of courseit cannot be used since the data cable is not
> connected.
>
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