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Ross Walker <walker@elec.uq.oz.au> wrote:

I had a similar problem under Win95. It was not detecting the IDE port
or my sound card which should show up as another IDE controller.

I deleted my sound card from the 'System' icon in control panel and
then did another hardware auto detect. It then found the IDE port.
After a reboot it found my CD-DRIVE without a problem.

Moral: Make sure Win95 can see the sound card's IDE before trying to
find the CD-ROM. 

This took me 2 weeks to work out.
>I hope someone can offer a solution to my problem before I lose ALL of
>my hair! 

>Just purchased a Creative GCD-R542B Quad speed CD-Rom and no-name
>sound card with IDE interface. No manual was supplied with the CD-ROM.
>With the CD-ROM connected to the sound card's IDE interface, neither
>DOS, Win3.1 or Win95 will detect the drive. I've tried all three
>CD-ROM jumper settings (ma, sl, cs) without success (what does 'cs'
>mean?). Here's a rundown of what's happening:

>DOS

>Ran the install disk which added the following lines to config.sys:
>device=c:\sbcd\drv\sbide.sys /D:msc001 /p:1E8,11 /v

>and autoexec.bat:

>c:\sbcd\drv\mscdex.exe /d:msc001 /m:8 /v

>When dos is booted, the sbide.sys cannot find the CDROM and fails to
>load. Thus mscdex.exe also fails to load.

>WIN95

>After installing the sound card drivers successfully, Win95 fails to
>automatically detect the CD-ROM. Under manual hardware installation,
>the driver loads but can't find the device. Under CD-ROM Controllers,
>Device manager tells me that the CD-ROM isn't installed or the driver
>isn't loaded (error code 10). The driver uses the same (default)
>interrupt and address settings as the dos driver (1E8, interrupt 11).

>Without a manual for the drive, I have no idea what settings to use
>for interrupt and address. Should I be using the sbide.sys driver when
>the CD-ROM is actually connected to the sound card (not the hard disk
>interface)? What should the interrupt and address settings be for the
>sound card's IDE interface? The sound card manual mentions nothing
>about the ide interface specifics.

>Unfortunately, connecting the CD-ROM to my HD controller isn't an
>option. I'm using an old Tekram cacheing controller which doesn't seem
>to accept the CD-ROM as an ide drive.

>I've read a number of similar requests for help in this newsgroup, but
>no definitive reply. Just a lot of other people with the same
>problem! Please - any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in
>advance.

> 


>-- 
>Regards

>Ross

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