Re: Help..!

>      IDE CD-ROM not detected.....Driver not loaded.
> His computer is a 386 DX/40 ISA-BUS system.  He has an ISA IDE Super I/O
> controller on his system.  I have the CD-ROM jumpers set to 'Slave' and have
> attached the CD-ROM to the secondary connector on the IDE ribbon cable.  I
> have done everything I know to do such as:  Switch connectors on the cable,
> happy.
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> You cannot successfully SHARE an IDE port on a 386 with the CDROM. The CDROM
> will need to be on its own secondary controller. They are available for less
> then $15.00 at most good outlets.
> Even if you managed to get it to work, it would choke bigtime the first time
> you go to use it in windows. MSCDEX for some reason really can't task well
> under a 386.
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Glad I didn't know that when I had my 386DX33 with an 850 meg IDE and a 2x
CD-ROM, or it probably would have quit working...   As it was, it worked fine
for me...  Magic works that way...  heh heh heh
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