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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