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In article <39sZpBAM5gkzEwwD@cadman.demon.co.uk>
           cts@cadman.demon.co.uk "Mad_Mick" writes:

> I am trying to connect a Panasonic CR583 CDROM and Yamaha 16 bit
> soundcard to my win 3.1 computer system.
> The soundcard has an IDE interface. The CDROM is connected to it but
> will not respond when the computer is booted. There is power to the
> CDROM as it lights up and the tray operates ok. I have loaded the CD
> drivers and get a "no controller detected" message on startup. I have
> not loaded the souncard drivers as they are on a CD. Catch 22 situation
> I think. Do I need to load souncard drivers for the IDE interface to
> work or is this another problem?

Have you checked whether or not the CD-ROM is set up as a slave-drive or 
not?  I vaguely recall that mine was configured as a slave, so it could 
be just plugged in with the hard drive as master.  I think this might 
explain why you don't detect a controller.

I'm not familiar with the soundcard, but many need a driver to be run in 
config.sys to make the settings, rather than using physical jumpers on 
the card.

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