[COMP] Re: CD Rom Drive

> Some older Cdrom drives plugged into the sound card-- the sound card
> actually had an IDE (or panasonic or mitsumi) controller built right onto
> it.  I would say to open up the case and see where the cdrom plugs in.  If
> it goes to the sound card, look for problems there (driver reinstall, bad
> hardware).  Otherwise, if it's IDE, you could have more serious troubles
> (hardware?), but it's likely just a driver thing.

Just make sure you don't get the digital audio cable confused with an IDE
cable - could be done by someone not familiar ;) (but the size difference
should be an indication).

> Honestly, I consider it an educated guess until I boot with a linux boot
> disk.  I very often have cdrom's work in linux and not in windows/dos.
> The kernel will autodetect just about *every* ATAPI/IDE cdrom ever made
> unless it's a hardware problem.

I've only tried 2 cdroms, and they both worked without any configuration so
I guess you're right :)

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