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cd rom falied
Name: abi Date: August 26, 2003 at 09:05:42 Pacific OS: win 95 CPU/Ram: pen 2
Comment:
ok so i take the older cd rom out of a slow old computer and try to install it, it works fine like it has power and the drive opens but still theres no icon in my computer and i get a punch of promts that say drive not found mscd001 set ctcm=C:/win set blaster=A220 15 D1 T4 im lost, what do i do?
Name: winipcfg Date: August 26, 2003 at 09:26:07 Pacific
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Hey, You might want to check in the BIOS to see if it sees the CD-ROM drive. Some BIOS don't detect that stuff unless you go into it and check for it. Also, make sure the IDE cable that you hooked into the back of the CD-ROM is in tight. Also, are there any other devices on the same cable? If there is another device on the same cable, you will have to adjust the jumper settings. Post back with your results.
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Response Number 2
Name: abi Date: August 26, 2003 at 10:08:37 Pacific
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hmm didnt eve nthink to check in the bios ill do that, one said the you should hock up as slave but somone else said hock up at master, what is the correct way too do it?
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Response Number 3
Name: abi Date: August 26, 2003 at 10:19:29 Pacific
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in bios do u want the cd rom to the first or sencond boot device?
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Response Number 4
Name: MaadhuriMN Date: August 26, 2003 at 10:20:06 Pacific
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Abi, You are flogging a dead horse:( Presence of power LED or opening when the Eject button is pressed indicates only that you have connected the power cable. The old PC had 'aborted' this 'dead Device' in it and transplanting that same rejected device in another PC won't revive it:-( Newer CD-ROM Drives with faster Read speeds are now avilable dirt cheap and if lucky you can even get them free after Rebates. Some of us mentioned all possibilities for your CD-ROM problem on your original post, CDROM help
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Response Number 5
Name: winipcfg Date: August 26, 2003 at 10:24:53 Pacific
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Hello again, Well, if there is only one drive on the cable, hook it up as a master. If there are 2 devices on the cable, hook the cd-rom up as master and whatever is under it as a slave. Excatly what devices are going on the ide cable? Knowing this will help out.
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Response Number 6
Name: winipcfg Date: August 26, 2003 at 10:33:16 Pacific
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HELLO EVERYONE, I don't think I read your original post, so I went and looked at it. After reviewing it, MaadhuriMN is probally right. Your CD-ROM is toast. And if you're still wondering about the boot order, I like to have it boot off a floppy first, then the CD-ROM, then the HDD. But that's just my personal preference.
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Response Number 7
Name: abi Date: August 26, 2003 at 11:16:35 Pacific
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hey all good news very good news, i have 3 cd roms in the computer and 2 are working wonderfully. thanks all for all your help
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Response Number 8
Name: Joseph Lawson Date: August 28, 2003 at 09:55:18 Pacific
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hello im a beginner so could you please send me an email to my email inbox at joeslawson@hotmail.com thanx explain simply please thankyou my problem is that my cdrom isnt detected in "my Computer" or in my device maneger but still opens and shuts i think it mite be dead i hope not but it doent read disk how do i fix this.
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