Re: CDROM Installation problems
Michelle Coelho wrote:
>
> The BIOS setup has provisions for 2 IDE drives, but when I set the second
> to auto-detect, it can't sense the CDROm.
Uhu, quite old no?
> I put the jumper in all 4 positions abd connected the CDROm to the first
> IDE drive as slave to the hard disk, but in all cases the BIOS could not
> find the hard disk controller.
So there's a conflict, obvious, no?
> The hard disk had the jumper set in the middle slot (as master, right?)
The position is different from one manufacture to another; even from one serie
to another!
Are you sure the CD-ROM doesn't need a second jumper to be set in slave mode?
Is your HD (alone) well auto-recognized by the bios?
JY
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