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In article <1370.6644T1390T78@dalnet.se>,
Mikael Ludwigsson <ludde@dalnet.se> wrote:

>I have some problem to get my CD Rom player to work.
>I think the pinouts was the same in 2.5" and 3.5". The differents are at the
>size of the connectors. And there are more pins on the 2.5".
>When I switch on the computer I will not get it booting.  If I disconnect the
>CD ROM it boot normaly. I found a small jumper on the HD ( a CONNER drive ) and
>it is on the "master" pins. The CD ROM have 3 positions for the jumper:

>Cable select
>Slave ( in use )
>Master

  Have you installed the ATAPI device (as I understand is needed to use 
IDE CD-ROMs with your IDE controller)?


>          2.5" HD
>___________________________
>|                         |
>|HD pins viewed from back |
>|_________________________|
> ...................... ..
> ........... .......... ..
>     \
>      \
>       \
> Where are pin number 1 ?

  For a working setup, Pin #1 on the cable is the colored insulator 
(usually red with all the other wires being grey).


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Regards,

Jeff Lindstrom                  jefflind@netcom.com