[PLUG] IDE question

Marvin J. Kosmal lamsokvr at xprt.net
Sun Mar 16 18:31:01 UTC 2003


What happens when you make the CD-RW a slave
on the primary channel????

HTH




On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 18:07, Richard Steffens wrote:
> I tried to replace a CD-ROM drive on the secondary IDE controller (the
> only device on that controller) with a CD-RW drive. I had some problems
> and tried a new cable. With the new cable, the computer will not boot.
> It will run the memory test, display Wait..., clear a couple of lines at
> the bottom of the screen, and then sit there.
> 
> I put the old cable and the old CD-ROM drive back in the machine, and
> got the same results. If I remove the cable and in BIOS tell the machine
> that there is nothing on the secondary IDE controller, the machine will
> boot.
> 
> The mother board is a Silicon Integrated Systems ATX style.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick Steffens
> http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
> 
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Marvin J. Kosmal
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