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"mc" <wcwall.awm@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:eakM8u%23aIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> hello, I've been trying to get an old PB 910 to read the cd with no luck (
> the PB group has been trying to help me solve this also). It is win 98 and
> the cd flashes as power up starts and displays itself on the initial boot
> screen. The cd is connected to its own 40 pin ribbon and is listed as
> secondary master in the boot up window. The HD is on it own 40 pin ribbon
as
> well. In the bios the Primary and Secondary master are set to auto.
> When in windows any cd inserted always results in cd not ready window
> (abort,retry, fail). I have also put in a different cd (2004 toshiba) with
> the same results. This MB also has usb ports (if this makes any
difference?)
> which work quite well. I only wish usb were a boot option in the bios. Any
> suggestions to make this cd work...?
> mc
>
>
I now see that you had posted on the PB group but I had not looked at
that thread.
I don't know if you have tried to read a number of different CD's
as it's possible the problem is simply with your media.
Then of course, if your parts junk box is like my parts junk box...
the 2nd drive you put in the machine could be bad...
But...to see if the problem is with the harware itself
or with your operating system...
you could use a cd-support boot disk
and see if the cdrom reads in dos.
If it does...then the problem is with win98 and you should boot to safe
mode...
then go into "device manager" and delete all instances of cdrom...
then reboot and let windows reinstall.
If that does not do the trick...
Here is one add'l thing that I have had to do on a few
*rare *occasions:
If the cdrom works in DOS
but will not work in Windows and all else fails...
simply install the DOS cdrom drivers
news:eakM8u%23aIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> hello, I've been trying to get an old PB 910 to read the cd with no luck (
> the PB group has been trying to help me solve this also). It is win 98 and
> the cd flashes as power up starts and displays itself on the initial boot
> screen. The cd is connected to its own 40 pin ribbon and is listed as
> secondary master in the boot up window. The HD is on it own 40 pin ribbon
as
> well. In the bios the Primary and Secondary master are set to auto.
> When in windows any cd inserted always results in cd not ready window
> (abort,retry, fail). I have also put in a different cd (2004 toshiba) with
> the same results. This MB also has usb ports (if this makes any
difference?)
> which work quite well. I only wish usb were a boot option in the bios. Any
> suggestions to make this cd work...?
> mc
>
>
I now see that you had posted on the PB group but I had not looked at
that thread.
I don't know if you have tried to read a number of different CD's
as it's possible the problem is simply with your media.
Then of course, if your parts junk box is like my parts junk box...
the 2nd drive you put in the machine could be bad...
But...to see if the problem is with the harware itself
or with your operating system...
you could use a cd-support boot disk
and see if the cdrom reads in dos.
If it does...then the problem is with win98 and you should boot to safe
mode...
then go into "device manager" and delete all instances of cdrom...
then reboot and let windows reinstall.
If that does not do the trick...
Here is one add'l thing that I have had to do on a few
*rare *occasions:
If the cdrom works in DOS
but will not work in Windows and all else fails...
simply install the DOS cdrom drivers