Can't see Burner in Windows 98

[srmillward]

Just installing a burner in a win98 machine to replace a CD Rom.
Previous CD rom worked fine, set as slave drive.
Replaced it with a burner.
This gets detected by the BIOS ok.
However when i go into windows it doesn't detect it, also it doesn't let me eject the drawer. Which led me to believe that the power supply to the burner was bad, or the ide was bad.
When i put the old CD rom back in it AGAIN worked ok.

Any ideas ????
Checked the obvious things both set to slave etc.

 

[timroop]

Make certain that your HD is set to master and not Cable Select (which may have worked with the old drive).

You can also try moving it to the second IDE set for testing.

Other things to examine/consider/try:
Can you get to the CD drive by booting with a Boot Floppy?
Can you boot with a bootable CDROM (Windows 98 setup cd) and see both the HD and CDROM?
Does it show up in the Device Manager?
Do you have a current BIOS loaded on your motherboard?
(Check with the Manufacturer for updates)

We'll start with those and go from there.

Tim

Tim Roop
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[cdogg]

The old driver is probably still loaded from the previous CD-ROM's firmware.

I would boot Win98 into Safe Mode and remove all CD drive entries in Device Manager. Then when you return to Normal mode, things should be fine.

If not, try the burner as "master" on the secondary IDE channel.

~cdogg
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[CobolKid]

cdogg<====right on the mark

If you didn't open device manager and delete the old cdrom under CDROM before physically removing it, the old driver is still installed. Restart in safe mode, open device manager and delete all cdroms. Then try the install again.

If you've ever added or moved i/o without first removing them from device manager, their drivers are most likely still installed. Don't be surprised if you find multiple cdroms, non-existant devices or other multiple devices listed in safe mode's device manager.

Steve