Uzi Paz wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 02:36:42 -0500
> > From: "Jose E. Dominguez" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > If I understand you correctly, the CD's only work properly if they are alone,
> > they don't work together.
>
> Yes. Only that it is enough for the SCSI card to be installed for the
> CD-ROM not to work, even if the CD-R is disconnected. Also, it seems that
> the PnP BIOS recognizes them correctly in all cases.
>
> > What kind of mobo do you have?
>
> IWILL P55XB2
>
> > Does it have an Intel chipset?
>
> It has the Intel 430TX chipset
>
> > If so, do you have Bus Masters installed?
>
> The question is unclear to me. Perhaps I don't know what is bus master
> or what do you mean by that (might it have a different name?)

That's the only name they got as far as I know, maybe BMI. They are drivers Intel
puts out for the hard drive controllers on their chipsets. You can get more info on
this probably at http://www.tomshardware.com/  The thing about them is that CD-Rs
don't like the bus master drivers. I had to reinstall Win95 when I setup my CD-R
since I couldn't uninstall them once they were installed. I'm not saying this is
your problem but I think is worth a look.

> If it is relevant, I have two hard drives, as a primary master (IDE1) and
> a secondary master (IDE2), and the CD-ROM attached to one them as a slave.
> (The jumpers are set to Slave).

Another thing you can do is play around with the configuration of your drives.
Perhaps leave the secondary channel for the CD so it can be master there or make it
the master and not the slave. Again, experiment with all possible configurations
till one works. Maybe the CD is bad like Bob said.

> Thanks,
>
> Uzi

Your welcome,

Jose

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