Hi all,

(1) o/s--win xp pro

(2)primary ide channel-----samsung hdd (master),  LG cd rom (slave)

(3)secondary ide channel----nothing connectd at all

problem:--- during post the samsung hdd and cd rom is detected ok. but when i enter BIOS it only shows the hdd as master and slave-- "none".  secondary ide channel "none" for both master and slave.

ide is set for "auto" detect and when i enter the "slave" of primary ide it is set to "auto" and the options are... auto, manual, none.

the result is that when i set to "boot from cd" i end up with "Atapi cd rom failure" and a perennially blinking cursor forcing me to power off.

how do i get my cd rom to be recognised by the BIOS? it is award bios.

any input will be gratefully accepted and I hope i can avoid the six floppy boot disk creation .... i am not sure whether this will help at all.

thanks and good day----Venkat

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