Question about booting into windows 98

Shiv1117 · Nov 13, 2003

Don't know if this is the right forum or not, but I am currently working on an old computer, and i have performed a clean install of windows 98. The main problem i am having is that when ever i have any of the cd drives plugging in, windows will hang on the splash screen, but while they are unplugged, it boots fine. If anybody knows how to fix this, or has some suggestions, it would be appreciated

redduc900 · Nov 13, 2003

What are the system specs, and what brand--make/model CDROM's are you having difficulty with?

Shiv1117 · Nov 14, 2003

Well, the system is a Pentium 133, 54mb of ram, 2x15GB hard drives, not really quite sure of the brands of the cd drives, but i will be looking that up once i get off of work. And it is not a brand name computer

redduc900 · Nov 14, 2003

What size is the PSU?

Shiv1117 · Nov 14, 2003

200W i think, but not quite sure. Will find out once i get off work

nahmus · Nov 14, 2003

do you have the master/slave settings set right? also make sire that the cable has the red line on the #1 pin (usually on the side of the power plug on the device.

Shiv1117 · Nov 14, 2003

I have them setup correctly, plus i am really only worried about the cd burner, because thats all the owner wants working, but if i can get both cd drives running, it would be better, and the IDE cables are plugged in the right way, because if not that computer wouldn't even boot

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