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cd rom error

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sdgserv1

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I am building a Pent. 3 sys using an MSI motherboard. I cannot get the comp. to reconize the cd rom. I am installing W98se. The error reads that the cd is "incompatible" I have tried everything. Bios, new cd rom, taking drugs not taking drugs

Please any suggestions would help........
 
I take it this is the 98SE install CD?

Do you have the full message that comes up? When is this, when booting from boot diskette and then trying to access the CD?

Is the drive okay? Is there more than one CD-ROM drive?

Jamie

 
Yes this a 98se install. What I get on the boot is a message that the cdrom is incompatible. A beep then F1 to resume. Also when I try to install win98se I noticed that the driver mscd0001 is not loading. I only have one cdrom. I have tried other cdrom's.

Thank you for your response
 
Is the CDROM recognized during POST? POST is when the system first boots up and you hear all the beeps... then it'll read all the connect drives, like hdds, cdroms, etc. Do you see the CDROM listed there?

If so, which i think from your post it is... any chance you have a spare cable? It could be the cable, so swapping a spare would be a quick test. If you don't have a spare, disconnect the hdd, and use that cable on the cdrom, and see if it gets recognize then (or swap cables around).
 
Have you checked that the jumpers on the CDROM are properly set for master? or autodetect? If neither of those works, looks like it might be a dead cdrom.
 
If you have the cdrom connected on the same ribbon cable as the hard drive, you should set the cdrom as "slave"
with the rear jumper plug.

If the cdrom is on it's own separate ribbon cable, make sure pin 1 (red stripe) is next to the power plug and that the other end of the
ribbon cable is seated corrected in the motherboard socket with pin 1 matched up properly.

Now enter the BIOS (CMOS) screen and make sure all IDE devices are set to AUTO.

Now save settings (hit F10) and reboot.

That should work or you probably have a defective cdrom drive.
 
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