I Have Tried Everything That I Was Given To Try I Really Appreciate The Help But Come On Guys I Know That You All Can Help Me I Think Its Something To Do With My Settings But Im Still Not Able To Use My Cd-rom Drive The Primary And Secondary Ide Controllers Is Still Having Code 10 Errors On Them And My Direct Memory Access Controller As Well Has A Code 2 Error Stating That The Drivers Were Not Loaded For This Device I Have Tried Everything But Please Dont Give Up On Me Yet Thanks A Million

Whew, that's one long sentance. ;>)

You say you've tried everything. If you could state just what this entails it would help us to help you. Saves a lot of typing.

Did you load any new software or add any new hardware just prior to this problem?

Have you tried;
Reloading or updating your motherboard drivers?

Removing the problem devices in Device Manager, rebooting, and letting windows reload them? (You may need the 98 CD for this, or have the necessary CAB files copied to your hard disk.)

Swapping out the CDROM drive with a known good one? (They do die after a time.)

Start by answering the above and we'll go from there.

No new software or hardware. I dont know how to update motherboard drivers. Everytime i try to remove the problem devices it says i have to remove the master IDE controller and when i do that my computer freezes, as far as the cd-rom i just purchased a dvd-rw

If the system is at the state of being unstable it's time to try a reinstall of the O/S "over the top". ie; NO format, just reinstall.

Do you have a 98 floppy bootdisk, the O/S CD and Product Key, and any non-Microsoft driver CD's? If so, just boot with the floppy, choose CDROM support, and run x:\setup. (Where x: is the letter assigned to the CDROM by the boot floppy.)

It will find the existing O/S and want to install to c:\windows.000. At this point redirect it back to c:\windows, then let it install.

This operation of the machine devices outside the windows environment (in DOS) will also verify the problem is not at the machine hardware level, but lies within the windows realm.

Hey Dan i tried to bootdisk link you gave me and i got a message that states a fatal exception 0d has occured at 11b5:0147268b i dont know what that means but i could not do the bootdisk

To be effective in assisting you, I'll need the answers to the following;

Is this FE 0D error on the machine which you are using for posting here, on the "problem" machine, or are they "one, and the same"?

Do you have 98FE or 98SE? Check the date and time stamp of the autorun.inf file in the root directory on your O/S (Operating System) CD.

11/24/1998 8:02 AM = 98FE
04/23/1999 10:22 PM = 98SE

Or, open a MS-DOS Prompt window and type in ver. Post the reported version number.

The FE 0D error is probably caused by a faulty C:\Windows\System\Iosubsys\apix.vxd file. This is a 1.7 MB file so it's too big for a floppy. This file has to be extracted from the CD to the proper location. It's in;

98FE = x:\win98\WIN98_47.CAB
98SE = x:\win98\WIN98_53.CAB
(Where x: is the CDROM drive letter)

If the machine with the FE 0D error is running windows, but can't get on the net, follow these instructions; (From http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;299976)

Using Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the c:\windows\system\iosubsys folder. Right-click the Apix.vxd file and then click Rename. Jump to step 5. Otherwise go from here;

1. On the Start menu, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.

2. In the Named box, type apix.vxd.

3. In the Look in box, click My Computer, and then click Find Now.

4. In the list of found files, right-click the Apix.vxd file that is located in the Windows\System\Iosubsys folder, and then click Rename.

5. Type apix.old, and then press ENTER.

6. Close the Find: Files Named Apix.vxd window.

7. Restart the computer.

8. Insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM into your CD or DVD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent the Windows
98 CD-ROM from starting automatically.

9. On the Start menu, and then click Run.

10. In the Open box, type sfc.exe, and then click OK.

11. Click Extract one file from installation disk.

12. In the Specify the system file you would like to restore box, type Apix.vxd, and then click Start.

13. In the Restore From box, type the following line, and then click OK (where X is the drive letter of your CD or DVD-ROM drive):
X:\Win98

14. In the Save File In box, type the following line, and then click OK (where C is the drive letter of the hard disk on which you installed Windows 98):
C:\windows\system\iosubsys

15. Restart the computer.

Post back with answers and the results of the above.

I tried what you told me to do and im still having the same problem and im running windows 98 se its my primary and secondary controllers im having the trouble with i think because they still have an exclamation point on them and when i did data check my intel 82371ab/eb pci bus master ide controller had the red round circle on it as well

"I tried what you told me to do.."

You tried the apix.vxd file extraction from my #6 post, and then the bootdisk image file download and the windows reinstall from my #4 post?

EADDISONO2:
Seems like excellent advice given to you by Dan.
I can appreciate your frustration.
I wonder, though, what brand and model of computer you have?
I would like to know this, as I fought with an identical problem for two months and finally solved it. I have a Compaq Presario 5222 Desktop with Win98. The solution in my case appears to be unique to Compaq, although the instructions for installing the necessary drivers state that it should work with most ATAPI drives.
The name of the downloaded file that was my salvation was CompaqAtapiCD-RomDriver.exe.
It contained two files: cpqidecd.sys and mscdex.exe.
Both were installed in my root directory (C:\) per instructions, even though I searched and found both files elswere on my computer.
Also, per instructions that came with the file, I edited config.sys by adding the line Device=C \cpqidecd.sys /D idecd001, and the autoexec.bat file by adding the line C: \mscdex.exe /D idecd001
What these lines mean or what they do is a mystery to me, but after weeks of frustration I just blindly followed instructions, having nothing to lose.

I shut down the computer, connected the power connector on my CDROM (the other two cables were already connected) and booted up. Voila! A working CDROM after such a long time.

Finally, I'd like to mention how my problem started, as it may help someone.
I bought the cheapest CD-RW drive that CompUSA had on sale. It came with a Nero Burning CD and no instructions except to install the device as a master device on the end of the IDE cable. I installed the device, ran the software, and tried to burn my first-ever CD. The system crashed. I was never able to get the device to work, and communicated with the Nero people in Germany to no avail. I put my old CDROM device back in, and it wouldn't work either. I checked and double-checked the slave/master/cable-select settings. I removed and replaced the IDE cables. The only way my computer would work without freezing or crashing was to disconnect the CDROM device. I did this by just removing the power plug to the device, leaving the ribbon cable and audio cable connected. I deleted every trace of files that had been installed by Nero. Then I searched for solutions on the Internet, none of which worked until I found the file mentioned above, and also learned (from HP) that most Compaq machines require that an added ATAPI device should be at the end of the IDE cable and set to CS (cable select), not as Master, which the meager instructions that came with the device said.
None of this may help you, but not posting my experiences will not help anyone, either
This is my first post to this forum.
Cordially,
Cronista in Phoenix Arizona