Re: CD-ROM -- Problem installing

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From: James Tonsager
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 00:00

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Try a different cable.

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James Tonsager


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

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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: "James Tonsager" <jtonsa@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: CD-ROM -- Problem installing
Date: 1997/12/03
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