IDE/motherboard problems

[Michael O'Keefe]

>> Strange.  What happens when you put HD + CDROM on one channel, and just
>> the CD on the other?
> 
> 
> It will work with the hard drive and the cd-r on IE channel 1, but the 
> cd-rom on IDE channel 2 will not show up in the BIOS.

So nothing on the 2nd IDE interface ever gets detected.
I'd be looking in your BIOS. And check whether you have specified
to auto-detect the HW on the channels or you have specified "None".

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