Computing.Net > Forums > Disk Operating System > i cant get my cdrom to work

Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.

i cant get my cdrom to work

Reply to Message Icon

Name: mancha
Date: July 22, 2002 at 06:48:41 Pacific
Comment:

i have an acer acros 486sx/33 and my cdrom will not work. the cdrom is hooked to a soundblaster 16. i tried to download the drivers but i had no success with them. can anybody help me with this one.



Sponsored Link
Ads by Google

Response Number 1
Name: mancha
Date: July 22, 2002 at 07:06:40 Pacific
Reply:

i'm working with dos6.21 and i need the cdrom to install windows95


0

Response Number 2
Name: fred6008
Date: July 23, 2002 at 00:47:49 Pacific
Reply:

One solution is to get an EIDE cd-rom and set the jumper to slave. Then put it on the primary IDE channel on the hard drive cable. You could run yourself to death trying to get that drive to work. You don't know which of the sound card or the drive is bad or if it is just the wrong driver.


0

Sponsored Link
Ads by Google
Reply to Message Icon

Related Posts

See More







Post Locked

This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.


Go to Disk Operating System Forum Home


Sponsored links

Ads by Google


Results for: i cant get my cdrom to work

i cant get my speakers to work www.computing.net/answers/dos/i-cant-get-my-speakers-to-work/1950.html

Cant get cd-rom to work www.computing.net/answers/dos/cant-get-cdrom-to-work/3129.html

cdrom not working www.computing.net/answers/dos/cdrom-not-working/5358.html