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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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To: Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au
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Subject: Re: Do ATAPI CD-ROMs on 486 IDE controllers work ?
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Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> 
> I am writing to ask you whether an ANTAPI (?) CD-ROM will work on the IDE
> controller of a 486.
> 
> The details are :-
> 
> CD        Creative CR-563-B   40 pin plug, 3 jumpers
> CPU       Micronics Gemini mother board both with
>         IDE on video card and on mother board.
> 
> As far as I know the CD-ROM is configured for slave operation (no jumpers).

It's probably not. One of the jumpers should be labeled "SL". Try
jumpering that one to put the drive in slave mode.

> 
> Whenever the CD is plugged into the HDD ribbon the PC will not boot (the
> HDD motor does not start).
> 
> My employer deploys these CDs by plugging them into Sound Blaster cards.

Then they must be in stand-alone (or master) mode, not slave mode.

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> S Hopcroft
> Australian Industrial Property Organisation
Nadav