CD-ROM Fault
This tutorial was sent in to me by Norman W. King of Cornwall
He wrote:-
I have just cured a problem that suddenly appeared on my set-up. This is a A1200
which I have "towered" into a cheapo PC full tower and ditto key-board, the two items cost
£37.61 brand new and that is cheapo! PPC604/40/25 with 40Mb RAM. PowerFlyer IDE
interface. SilverSurfer fast serial port to a Dynalink V1433 modem. X4 CD-ROM and a 14"
VGA monitor.
Suddenly there was no response from the CD-ROM. It was showing when booting with
the left mouse button held. It showed OK by looking for it in devices etc. etc., but no sign
of it on the screen. I had the connecting cable out CD-ROM to PowerFlyer and squeezed the
connectors tightly in a small hand vice and it worked for a short time on re-installation and
then went dead again. Eventually I tried by replacing the connectors, still no good. Then I
had a brain-storm in my frustration and reversed the cable and now everything works
perfectly. It doesn`t make sense, does it?
I have no idea what has caused the fault in the first place and even less to just what
has cured it, but thought that as a suggestion it may help someone else who has reached
the hair tearing stage.
Cheers for now
Norman W. King.
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