As far as I know there are few drivers for CD-rom drives. I was able to
use the generic driver on a Win 98 boot disk to get the computer to
recognize my Sony in my "play" computer. If you know anyone with a Win 98
boot disk, try it and see if it works.


Wayne Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Kocher <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 6:19 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Installing a CD ROM Drive on an Older Gateway 486 DX50


>I am using an older Gateway 486 DX50 and would like to install a CD Rom
drive.  I
>purchased a SONY CD Rom drive and am not able to get the computer to
recognize the
>drive.  I have plugged the cable into the IDE Port 2 and set the drive as a
master.
>I  have used two different cables to make the connection.  With one cable,
the light
>on the cd drive would flash with the light on the hard drive.  When I tried
a second
>cable, nothing seems to happen.  I am also not sure whether I have the
correct
>driver files on Windows 95.  What can I do to get the cd rom drive working?
Do you
>need the model no. of the cd rom drive?  I appreciate any suggestions you
can give
>me.  Thanks, Roger Kocher
>
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