The Creative Labs Web Site lists the 563 CD as a Panasonic interface. It will not work on an IDE connection. You must have a Sound Blaster card -AND- it must have the Panasonic CD-ROM interface. Jim Meagher ========== Micro Solutions Consulting Member of the HTML Writers Guild & the [log in to unmask] International Web Masters Association ========== > -----Original Message----- > From: PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bobby D Herring > > I bought an old Creative SB CD drive, model CR-563-B. > I was told to use the other IDE plug on my controller card