MSI desktop PC running Windows XP,alright for browsing & Emails but will not reconise the CD-Rom.Tried to do a repair installation starting with a set of 6 floppies.after the sixth I got the message" setup cannot find a CD-ROM drive" checked the CD connections OK,
"make sure your SCSI devices are properly terminated" do not understand." Setup cannot continue,press F3 to quit,any help would be much appreciated Coureuse

Is your CDROM seen in Bios?

Hi rokytnji,yes in Bios it states that the CD-ROM is not installed.had also tried system restore without success,regards donald

If in bios it says the cdrom is not installed, then there is no way Windows will recognize it as far as I know.

Digerati is the hardware expert. You might try reposting in Hardware section of forum, because that is his forte. I would see if in your bios if there is a Auto Detect Drive option in the menus. Maybe when you unplugged and replugged it in it needs to be installed again via bios.

One other option came to mind after I posted my reply. Being a Linux user I usually don't think of recommending to a Windows user to try burning a Live Linux CD . You can have a friend burn you a ISO or borrow from somebody a linux live cd like UBUNTU,MEPIS,Mandriva , or Knoppix, and see if the Linux operating system sees your cd drive. When booting up a live cd, the operating system does not install if you pick live mode instead of install. Think of it as running a diagnostic like off a usb stick or like watching a movie. No harm will come to your Windows install running in Live CD mode, and who knows, you might like it.

in Bios it states that the CD-ROM is not installed

Some older machines/bios' would not list the (Atapi) CDROM in the bios, however during power up they would list the CD during the POST. ie; "Found: Panasonic G-4800-HL CDROM"

If you have a floppy drive, the machine may be in the above catagory.

Is your CDROM drive a standard EIDE or a SCSI/SATA device?

Since you have a floppy drive, check the hardware aspects of the CDROM with a Win98 Bootdisk.

Boot with a Win98SE Boot Disk* choosing "With CDROM Support" and check the drive(s) in MSDOS.

Insert a Windows CD into the drive(s) and at the A:\> prompt, type in dir/a/-p %cdrom%: (or dir/a/-p x: (where x: is the device letter assigned to the drive(s) during the boot process) and hit Enter. If you get a directory listing, the hardware aspect of the drive(s) is OK, and the problem lies elsewhere.



*The above bootdisk image file is a self extracting file and has to be executed (run) from a running Windows machine in order to create the actual startup diskette on one of your floppy disks. (This image file produces the same bootdisk which 98SE creates.) This downloaded image file will format the floppy disk to ensure its integrity, write the files to the disk, then verify the file write, so it'll take a minute or three to create the bootdisk.

Ensure the floppy drive is set as the first boot device in the bios.

NOTE: When you boot a machine with this boot floppy, it creates a RAMDRIVE in system memory to contain DOS system tools/drivers. Thus it will move your "normal" CDROM device/drive letter "up" one level. (If your CDROM is normally E: it will be F: when booting with this bootdisk.)

The path to the found CDROM will be set with the bootfiles, so entering A:\>f:\setup is the same as entering A:\>setup at the A:\> prompt. There is no need to include the cdrom drive letter. The CDROM device letter will be assigned near the end of the floppy boot process, right after MSCDEX is loaded.

Hi,

Check with the CDROM data cables to the mainboard or the controller.

Also, set the drive to slave drive or cable select using the jumber may help.
Use the CDROM on another PC.

If all above is working, the mainboard controller maybe faulty.