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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.

 


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Regards

Ross

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