I have an older SoundBlaster 2x cdrom thatis that way. It will only hook to
the sound card. The connector is the same as the IDE connector and will fit.
The pc will not boot, as you are described, when you connect it to the IDE
connector.
They use something called Panasonic MKE interface. Take a look at the
following link:

http://support.soundblaster.com/specs/cdrom/interface/ct1830.html



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Subject: [PCBUILD] older 2 speed cdrom used on IDE instead of sound card

I have an older packard bell cdrom drive I would like to use on an ide
controller as a master or slave. It came out of an older packard bell,
but  was tied in to the sound board.
When I hooked it up to a newer pc and made a direct connection to
the ide  (second controller) the pc failed to boot. I do beleive the
cdrom to be good.
Question: Is there anything special about older cdrom's that were
used on a channel off the sound card that would not allow use
on a standard ide controller?
   thanks; john;
john zyla

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