🚀 go-pugleaf

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