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Dave Kelso <dave@tankgirl.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I've recently put in a samsung scr-630 4xspeed cd rom drive. Previously,
>the panasonic cd was connected through the sb16 card, but the samsung
>couldn't go through it so I've put it through the EIDE card, configured
>as a second drive. Everything seems to work fine but I can't enable 32
>bit disk access in wfwg. I get an error message when trying to run
>something (e.g. playing audio cds) that the drive is incompatible with
>23 bit disk access. What I would like to know is this affecting my hard
>disk, what difference would it make having 32 bit disk access enabled
>and if it is beneficial to do so, how can I do it?
>Any help on any of these points gratefully appreciated.

You may have a faulty EIDE controller chip, which are known to cause
problems with ATAPI CD-ROM drives with 32 bit disk/file access under
Windows.  The two chips are the CMD0640 (also with A and B revisions)
and the RZ-1000.  You would have to check your EIDE card manual (or
motherboard manual if it's on the motherboard) to find out.

However, it seems more likely to be something else.  You may require
Windows drivers for your EIDE card to get it working.

32-bit file access can speed things up quite a bit, and it also
removes the need for SMARTDRV, which clears up conventional memory.

-- 
Luke Jackson