Re: CD-ROM -- Problem installing

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From: Will
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00

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Getting a keyed cable will not do you any good, unless somthing is
wrong with your cable.  You said it works when you disconnect it then
reconnect it.  Try a different driver, and setting the cdrom to
master, if you can.  
"James Tonsager" <jtonsa@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Try a different cable.

>--
>James Tonsager


>The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know
>it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.

>  John Updike - Rabbit is Rich

>rayo@pacbell.net wrote in message <348523AE.686E@pacbell.net>...
>>I'm trying to upgrade my 4/66 Dell XPS' 2x Creative
>>CD drive to a generic 16x EIDE CD drive.
>>The problem is that as soon as the DOS driver starts
>>loading it hangs up momentarily and says "Port 170h Slave
>>Found ****", (*==funny characters) "PIO mode." I can
>>get around this IF I disconnect the IDE cable
>>before the driver starts loading, then I get a "drive not
>>ready" message before reconnecting the cable again, at which
>>point it installs and then runs successfully.
>>  I'm going through the IDE 2 port and using
>>an older IDE cable, it has no missing pin hole.
>>Would it help to get a cable with the missing
>>pin hole, is that the problem? Help!
>>
>>                                        RayO

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From: will.nospam@technologist.com (Will )
Subject: Re: CD-ROM -- Problem installing
Date: 1997/12/06
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