cyber19582
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have a fairly old system(Pentium 90MHz) that runs Win95.....i reformatted the system(saved all drives via program called MyDrivers)...........when i attempt to startup the system, the CD-Rom does not seemed to be recognized(the BIOS does not see it( the 3.5, the 5.25, the two hard drives(C & D) all show up on the BIOS screen.....i have noticed that with my newer systems, the BIOS indicates that the CD-Rom is present ( whether via IDE features or the boot up (A,C,CD-Rom), etc............i have checked the ribbons(switched them from CD-Rom to Circuit board and vice versa)..........(the ribbon travels direct from board to device)....i have changed the pins from Master to Slave........i have looked at the config.sys file ( /D:MSCD000.....is something suppose to be added after this point (i.e. /L:E in light of the useage of C and D via the hard drive?..........i have switched ribbons from other machines( the CD-Rom does work in other machines that i have..............i think it has to do with the device drivers but if the CD-rom is not being recognized initially, what difference would it make at the driver stage( installation thereof)?...is there some sort of diagnostics program or procedure that would allow me to find out where the problem with "this" machine lies?......also, there are 4 large internal power hookups (one travels independently from power box{it goes to C}, another powers the 5.25 along with the small 3.5 power, the third and fourth power the D and the CD-Rom, maybe i have these arranged incorrectly.................please advise...........Thank You!!