cd player

[mikeb]

i have an old dellgx1 with a pentiunm 2 processor that won't
recognize the disk player. it says no dvd player installed and i have
checked plug in and even replaced it with another player with no luck.
i can't load any programs like a printer ect. can anyone help? i am no
computer expert and realize its old but would like to fix it untill i
can get another. thanks

 

[MEB]

"mikeb" <mikeb@wcnet.org> wrote in message
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| i have an old dellgx1 with a pentiunm 2 processor that won't
| recognize the disk player. it says no dvd player installed and i have
| checked plug in and even replaced it with another player with no luck.
| i can't load any programs like a printer ect. can anyone help? i am no
| computer expert and realize its old but would like to fix it untill i
| can get another. thanks

Did you make sure to set the jumpers properly?

If connecting to the primary hdrive cable it must be set as slave with the
hdrive as master. If connecting to the secondary cable, it should be master,
with anything else attached as slave.

Also you MUST set the BIOS/CMOS to recognize the drives. Go into the BIOS
and set the four channels at auto UNLESS you have a hard drive overlay
running. IF the BIOS already shows CHS values hard set for the hard
drive(s), do not change them, but put the empty channels at auto.

A final question would be: were these drives compatible with 98? DVD
REQUIRES a faster processor than many old computers support, and your video
MUST also be able to handle the play back.

Your specs indicate a low end [slow performance] to a set of processors
which would be capable [though not the greatest]. The graphics [integrated
ATI Rage Pro (AGP 2X)] should be running the latest driver for full
capability. Also the 4meg memory is low so the BIOS shared memory should be
set to provide more..
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ban_gx1/specs.htm

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