cd-rom problem

[PDad]

I am putting together a pc as i described yesterday. I have a HD on IDE1 and i installed the cdrom on ide2 yesterday. i installed the drivers and when i boot(ms-dos 6.2) i get a hard disk failure. when i disconnect the cdrom cable the pc boots with a error that the cdrom is not found which is OK. I cant load win95 without the cdrom.

[Igor M]

Hi,

1. As I understand you can't boot at all connecting your CDROM. Usually the cause of it is reversed cable connection. Check ribon cable connected to CDROM. Its red strip must be near both 1st pin of CDROM IDE connector and the 1st pin of IDE2 controller.
2. Then there is a possibility your CDROM has not IDE but Panasonic interface. Panasonic interface has the same type of connector as IDE, and when CDROM with Panasonic connected to IDE it always cause HDD failure. Have a look on the back of your CDROM. If it has jumpers like ID:0,1,2,3 it's Panasonic, and you need to connect it through sound card with such interface.
3. And check your CDROM somewhere else. May be it's not working.

Good luck, Igor M

[Ayoria]

I thing it's a Jumper problem.
In hard disk and CD-ROM are jumpers
In there you say if function as Master
or Slave.

If both are MASTER you have a
" HARD DISK FAILURE"

The Hard Disk must be Master
and
CD-ROM Slave.

Bye.