I presume you have only one IDE channel on your mobo. If you have only one
harddisc you can add the cdrom drive on the same cable as your hdd. Hdd will
be master, cdrom will be slave.

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Michal Belicek
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Cotnoir [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 1:10 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [PCBUILD] Compaq Problem
>
> Hi all
> A friend has an old Compaq 486 SX 25 running Win95.  He would like to add
> a
> 2X CD Rom someone gave him.  Now the problem is there is no IDE controller
> to connect the cdrom to.  The sound card does not have a connector on it
> and
> I could not see one on the motherboard.  Can anyone tell me how I can add
> this CDROM and what I need to do so.
> TIA
> Andy
>
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