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Can not find CDROM
I have and old 486 80mhz machine trying to run Win 95 My problem is when the system boots it can not find the CDROM I have tried 3 different CDROM's
I did have to clear the Bio's due to it being password lock when I got the unit. I have installed both Dos and Win95 drivers. The win95 Device list also does not show any LPT ports.
The hard drive, floppy drive and all com & Lpt ports are on one in an ISA slot.
I would be greatful for any advice, The CDrom is my biggest need
Kevin
I did have to clear the Bio's due to it being password lock when I got the unit. I have installed both Dos and Win95 drivers. The win95 Device list also does not show any LPT ports.
The hard drive, floppy drive and all com & Lpt ports are on one in an ISA slot.
I would be greatful for any advice, The CDrom is my biggest need
Kevin
if you have old CDROM connecting to sound card you have to install proper drivers for sound first
if you have standard IDE CDROM first of all check a hardware:
IDE cables
Master/Slave jumpers on CDROM and HDDs
if IDE channels enabled in BIOS ?
will be easier to detect a problem if you tell us was it working before on THIS hardware or no, does this CDROM work on other PC ?
also try to boot with DOS only (from floppy) with proper CDROM drivers set
a lot of variants... you have to narrow search
if you have standard IDE CDROM first of all check a hardware:
IDE cables
Master/Slave jumpers on CDROM and HDDs
if IDE channels enabled in BIOS ?
will be easier to detect a problem if you tell us was it working before on THIS hardware or no, does this CDROM work on other PC ?
also try to boot with DOS only (from floppy) with proper CDROM drivers set
a lot of variants... you have to narrow search
I have had the same problem with my 486 (glad I have a different one now) maybe it is a y2k bug or something. I think I got one working so check the jumpers, the BIOS, the driver etc...
Check Jumper on hdd. Some older hdd has a jumpersetting that tells the bios it's master and that it is the only device on this channel. Took me a weekend to install a Connor hdd with the original Seagate due to this issue. Proved to be the jumpersetting on the Seagate.
Good luck
Good luck
If no jumpersettings work Take the jumper out.Sometimes that is the right option.
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Oh, another thing for non IDE (also try it for IDE, but usually not so sensitive) , check your ISA bus speed divisor in bios, sysclock/5 (40/5=8Mhz) would be the standard setting, any lower divisor than that is overclocking the ISA bus.
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Thanks for the info, Ihave tried all the suggestions Plus some and nothing has work yet. My bet is that it is a mother board / Controler card problem.
Any way it it is no longer my problem the person I was trying to help went ugly on me and is going to take it to a shop and pay $95 to find out what the problem is.
Again thanks for all the info
Kevin
Any way it it is no longer my problem the person I was trying to help went ugly on me and is going to take it to a shop and pay $95 to find out what the problem is.
Again thanks for all the info
Kevin
Has it worked in the past? If so when did it quit, and under what circumstances? There are several common places to look... shhoting from the hip, I'll try to cover the most common ones we see...
Are ony of the CD-Roms known to be good? It will do no good to swap out bad parts for other bad parts. Windows 95 should detect most CD-ROMs, but a few still need drivers from the manufacturer, so make sure that the drivers are there. Have you tried "Install New Hardware" from the control pannel? You may have to tell the system that the CD-Rom is there. Is the power cable and data cable hooked up securely and properly oriented? Is the CD-Rom properly configured, master/slave, pri/sec and does it require DMA access? Does the CD-Rom show up under the device manager in the control panel? Any conflicts?