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Win98Se doesn't see DVD
Here's the problem, I'm recycling an old Dell XPS200 & XPS266 system for
work usage and all worked well with the 200 including a installed DVD drive. So I pulled the old MB and installed the XPS266 MB and the problem is Win98Se doesn't see the DVD drive if installed on IDE 0 or IDE 1. Cables and jumpers are correct. It's present in the BIOS on boot up. If I use the WIN98SE recovery disk the DVD drive is present but if I run setup off the wins98se CD it states win is required. I even tried a new DVD drive. I set the BIOS to boot from the DVD but it bypasses it and boots from the HD. What am I missing on getting this old system going again? Thanks |
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"Woodchuck" wrote in message ... Here's the problem, I'm recycling an old Dell XPS200 & XPS266 system for work usage and all worked well with the 200 including a installed DVD drive. So I pulled the old MB and installed the XPS266 MB and the problem is Win98Se doesn't see the DVD drive if installed on IDE 0 or IDE 1. Cables and jumpers are correct. It's present in the BIOS on boot up. If I use the WIN98SE recovery disk the DVD drive is present but if I run setup off the wins98se CD it states win is required. I even tried a new DVD drive. I set the BIOS to boot from the DVD but it bypasses it and boots from the HD. What am I missing on getting this old system going again? Thanks Bios and win setup recognize the drive, as no chipset driver is required then. If you simply swapped the mainboard without formatting the hard drive, THAT is your problem. Basically, windows doesn't see the drive as it isn't running the proper drivers to access the drive through the mainboard. You could try downloading and installing the latest motherboard drivers from dell or whoever made the motherboard. If that works, great. I suspect you will have to format the drive and start over from scratch, though. -Dave |
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On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 14:11:33 -0400 As another one bit the dust
"Woodchuck" wrote : Here's the problem, I'm recycling an old Dell XPS200 & XPS266 system for work usage and all worked well with the 200 including a installed DVD drive. So I pulled the old MB and installed the XPS266 MB and the problem is Win98Se doesn't see the DVD drive if installed on IDE 0 or IDE 1. Cables and jumpers are correct. It's present in the BIOS on boot up. If I use the WIN98SE recovery disk the DVD drive is present but if I run setup off the wins98se CD it states win is required. I even tried a new DVD drive. I set the BIOS to boot from the DVD but it bypasses it and boots from the HD. What am I missing on getting this old system going again? Thanks Check the DVD maker's site's FAQS? Also here, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/hard.html http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/cdroms.html http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/mode.html http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/drivers.html HTH -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html email shepATpartyheld.de Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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