New cd rom in old comp

[vasanth_12345]

I tried attaching my new cd rom to a old p1 60 mhz machine i attached it correctly still when the comp boots up it doesnot get detected in the bios is it ok.Although the cd rom led blinks it does not get detected i am trying to install free bsd on the machine by booting via the floppies and mentioning my cd rom as the source will this work in my particular case

[grinning_devil]

ooooops....man u need serious upgrade!!!
first of all an upgrade for BIOS !!!

u said that it does not get detected .. where???
bcoz in the same line u told me that it is getting detected in BIOS ???

[vasanth_12345]

Man i own 3 comps .A p1 ,p3 and a p4.I am planning to buy a AMD 64 fx 55 .I dont want to go into the specification of my comps.About the cd rom.It does not get detected in the boot up screen.I didnt say it got detected in my bios.I said the cd drives led blinks.

[supernova]

Dude u might be using really old comp. wht OS are u using. I guess u might also need to install drivers of ur CD-ROM drive

[vasanth_12345]

Its a old comp more than 15 yrs old surely My quesion how can i make it being detected without flashing the bios.As for the OS it currently doesnt have any os i am planning to install free bsd

[sumitava_b]

vasanth_12345: Why not are you posting ur system configuration and also cd rom details? It might be helpful to get a solution.

[supernova]

vasanth i m telling ya u might need to install CD-ROM drivers from the accompanied floppy disk.
However u still havent mentioned ur Operating System

[vasanth_12345]

p1 60 mhz,16mb ram,600mb hd,samsung cdrom.its a plug and play cdrom.

[vasanth_12345]

Help guys pls i am having a hard time here

[krishnathelord]

if u bios cant detect it then there can be two possibility
1. ur cdrom is gone
2. check the ide cable from ur cd rom to ur mobo

[vasanth_12345]

Cd roms fine and even the ide cable is fine both r working perfectly in my p3

[supernova]

Wht UR OS????

[vasanth_12345]

Its a old comp more than 15 yrs old surely My quesion how can i make it being detected without flashing the bios.As for the OS it currently doesnt have any os i am planning to install free bsdRead before u post man :roll:

[krishnathelord]

then ur ide port on mobo is gone try pluging the cd rom to pri connector

[Charley]

Wht UR OS????

What does the OS have to do with the Cd drive..... "Curious"

:idea: