CD ROM Jumper Settings

[Serge]

Cd-rom might not be detected by bios if its jumpers disagree with reality (ex: Secondary Master ~ Secondary Slave)

What is the cd-rom model.. a manual could probably be found online and jumper settings verified. Also look in the back on cd-rom where the jumpers are usually located.. many times there's a discription of settings. Also check bios for settings...

[Peter Bailey]

I have a few old Pentium PC's I am cleaning up to get rid of. The last owner (company) disabled the CD Roms for security reasons and I cannot load up an O/S. I think the disable may be on the jumper settings either on the CD Rom or the mother board. A friend put in a new CD which worked fine - how can a CD Rom be disabled and how can it be brought back again ??? Any info welcome

[Butchk]

Why don't you set it up as a slave to your hard drive it should work fine that way. This way you can bypass the secondary IDE port on your mother board. Good luck Butchk http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dave_H]

Can you get into the bios?
It could have been disabled in the bios, but that would make no sense unless the bios was password protected.

[Caffeine High]

But all you have to do to get ride of the bios password is remove the battery for a bite.