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On 4 May 98 at 20:43, Dale wrote:
> I have never had to deal with the multi I/O boards that are used
> in 486 computers. (2 serial, 1 parallel, 2 IDE ports). Is there any
> driver software that has to be loaded for these boards?
The only driver I have needed with these was to enable 32-bit
file/disk I/O. If you don't have the diskette that came with the
board, try the manufacturer's home page or a driver search site such
as Frank Condron's.
> I have a friends 486 that they tried to re-installed W3.11 on, and
> now the CD-Rom drive doesn't work. It is attached to one of the IDE
> ports.
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> The sound board installed on the computer has an CDrom IDE
> connector on it also. Would I need driver software and how would I
> configure the sound board to handle the CD-Rom ?
First of all, ensure that this port and the CD-ROM are both really
EIDE. There were several other CD-ROM interfaces in the 486 era....
The "usual" question is "How do I *disable* the sound card's
interface to keep it from conflicting with the second IDE channel on
my board?" I think that's most likely your problem, and the answer
will depend on the sound card. Some use a jumper or switch, some use
a software utility.
David G
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