🚀 go-pugleaf

A fast CD burner in an old box is usually a recipe for trouble.  If it
works, I find that you cannot burn at full speed.

I would try a BIOS update.  But knowing IBM, one probably doesn't exist.

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"rello" <relloman@beasty.com> wrote in message
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> have a strange problem with an old aptiva
> specs are:
> win98, 128 meg ram, 4 gig HD k6 300cpu
> all works beautifully with the original CD reader
> ide setup is: ide 1 master = hd0
> ide 1 slave = hd1
> ide 2  master = CD drive
>
> when i replace reader with a 52x ide CDRW it starts acting weird
> it won't boot ie startup screen doesnt appear
> so i disconnect ide 1 [slave hd1]
> it boots to a bios error
> PS2 pointing device not present - f1 to enter setup enter  to continue
> it then boots into windows but as soon as i put a cd in the drive the
> system hangs and after reset it hangs on a blank screen and refuse to
> boot
>
> after disconnecting various devices [cd burner or had disk etc] it
> will eventuall boot again but without mouse port....i reinstall
> original cd reader and it works fine.....
> i hve tried 2 [brand new] burners [LG and mitsubishi] with the same
> result...and yes the jumpers on the burners are set correctly
>
> weird thing is when i boot with the aptiva recovery cd in the burner
> and run image restore [using the format hd0 option] it runs the full
> restore  program and then  boots into windows...as soon as i put a cd
> in the drive it imediately hangs windows and refuse to boot again...
> never seen anything like this and have set up countless new burners in
> win98 machines and never seen anything like this before
>
> thanks for your comments
>
> relloman