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cd rom isnt recognized on my new asus mobo...help!
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SirPeale:
I hadn't even thought of that.  Is your CD Drive showing in the BIOS, but not when using the system?  
Edgedamage:
Also I am pretty sure when using IDE cables that have two connectors on the end and you are using one drive on the cable the drive connects to the first plug on the cable not the one on the very end.
hulkster:
okay, yes i have a new mobo with a hard drive with win98se already installed on it.  all my mame stuff is on it so i dont want to lose it.  would updating the bios mess it up?  its a brand new mobo, so i guess it should be already updated.  ill change my plugs though and see what happens.  about the cd rom drive showing up in the bios, i can select "cd rom" from the menu when i push enter on the Primary Master or Secondar Master options.  you know what im talking about?  its selectable to pick what i want as my master, so im guessing that the pc is seeing it, just not in windows.
Edgedamage:
Aww man hate to break your heart but I did the same thing. I got a new motherboard six months ago and I thought since I am using all the same cards I will just install my hard drive from the old system and let windows ask me for drivers that the new motherboard needs. Not so lucky when the system booted and windows started I got errors left and right nothing worked. Had to do a format and fresh install after that EVERYTHING worked great. Best thing you can do is get a portable USB hard drive enclosure and transfer all your roms and important stuff to it. And when windows is running fine then reinstall your roms. Your old system has USB I hope
hulkster:
yeah but id have to get past all the install screens for the mobo.  will that mess something up?  there has to be a better way around this!
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