I have that same card and don’t recall having your problem. I know that my CDROM is recognized in the boot sequence right away, long before the OS loads. If it is attached to the MOBO IDE, I see it right away. If it is attached to the card, it shows up when the card BIOS loads. Correct jumpering of the CDROM is crucial though! I wonder if your problem could have something to do with how your CDROM is jumpered or what type of IDE cable you are using for it and your other HDD. I’d suggest you try to put them both on the same cable (80-wire/40-pin) with the HDD as MASTER and the CDROM as SLAVE and connect this to the Primary IDE of your new card. Using a WIN98 with CDROM support, try to see if both eh HDD and CDROM aren’t recognized when you boot into DOS. Once your OS is loaded on your new HDD, you can then cable the CROM and HDD separately.

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another question for you, are you using the ata/100 80 wire ribbon cable for the hard drive, that came with the maxtor ata/100 pci controller, a 40 wire ribbon cable won't work right, with that card. you might try calling maxtor for free support, they know their stuff.

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I have tried both cables on cd-rom. I am using the ata/100 80 cable on the HD. I plug them both up like Mitzi!!!!!!!! said using the ata/100 80 cable but,no help. well I am tired now so I am going to give up for now I will ck the post tomorrow. Thank's to all David

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David, check your plugging very thoroughly! It might differ depending on if devices are alone on a channel or not. Check the plugging doumentation on the drives!

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Why do I get the feeling there's some bios settings not right here? The Triton 430FX chipset should be capable of handling the CDrom Drive on an IDE channel. Try resetting bios to defaults, and give it another go.

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Well I emailed the maxtor tech. Here is what he said AND what I said. Dear Maxtor Customer: To solve your problem you will need to boot up to a diskette that has your CDrom drivers built into it. A Win98 startup diskette works best for this as it has universal CDrom drivers built in. When booting up to a Win98 startup diskette you will be given the option to start with CDrom support. Saying yes to that should load what you need. What I said. Thanks for gettng back with me I have been building computers on my own for a long time I am not a dummy at this I am using win98 BOOT WITH CD-ROM SUPPORT (IT SAYS THAT CANT FIND CD-ROM) PLEASE DO NOT WAST YOUR AND MY TIME WITH THAT ANSWER AND MAYBE CHECK YOUR CABLES STUFF. I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING. I HAVE INSTALLED DIFF..........OS A HUNDRED TIMES. NOW BACK TO THE PROBLEM PLEASE READ MY LETTER CAREFULLY. THE CD-ROM CAN NOT BE FOUND IN WINDOWS OR WITH LOADING THEM WITH FLOPPY DISK WIN98 DRIVERS,OK. NOW,AS LONG AS MY HD IS CONNECTED TO THE MOBO AND NOT THE ADAPTER CARD """ >""""THEN MY CD-ROM WORKS''''''''''''I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT THEN I AM WASTING MY TIME TALKING TO A WANT-A-BE TECH. I MAY SEEM ANGRY THATS BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPID ANSWER YOU GAVE ON YOUR RETURN REPLY THANK'S DAVID P.S. I HOPE I DID NOT MAKE YOU ANGRY I AM THE ONE THAT HAS SPENT A DAY ½ TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK IT HAS COST ME TIME AND MONEY. WELL WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME,YOU ARE THE TECH'S? Well so I have had it with products and tech that cant do what thay say thay can.

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Hey David: Your frustration is appreciated. I’ve felt that way many times. I know that when I installed mine, I had to be very careful about how the CDROM was jumpered and cabled. I’ve got the CDROM on the primary IDE of the MOBO and I have a 40GB HDD on the primary IDE of the card and the secondary IDE of card is connected to a 10GB HDD as master and a CDRW as slave. I think that there may be a problem with your MOBO. Perhaps it is not compatible with this card. I’ve only used it on two Tyan S1590s and my friends Compaq (don’t know the model number). Perhaps it just won’t work with yours.

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Thank's Mitzi!!!!!!!! I also have tried the way you did your's. I have tried every and all the ways known to man I think??? I appreciate your and everybodys help. I give up and I have not given up on much in my life with out a fight. This is just making me mad. Thank's to all. PS you guy's were better help than MAXTOR super TECH's (I will email all of this to them all,hahahahahahahaahahha. David

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Maybe you know where I can find a Update for the BIOS I have look around but no help. BIOS Manufacturer : Acer PCI/ISA Pentium BIOS BIOS ID : ACR9AE00-I05-950323-R01-I0 BIOS Date : 01/01/94 BIOS OEM Signon : BIOS ROM Size : Unknown Chipset : Intel Triton 430FX rev 1 Super I/O Chip : SMC 665GT rev 2 found at port 3F0h Thank's David

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