the never ending problems of 98

[silax]

for some reason or other both my cd roms dropped off my pc not literally but pc couldn't find them.
now i've managed to get my re-righter working but not my main cd rom any ideas

[silax]

lost them both again this is becoming a pain also hangs on start up presumably looking for the fookers

[Win2Win]

Upgrade to XP, 98 is no longer supported. :)

[silax]

if its any help the lights come on at the start so it knows they are there

[silax]

can't upgrade pc to xp it won't let me for some reason

[Win2Win]

Your moving to Spain, your making money from gambling, and you can't afford £500 for a laptop :doh

May be worth going into the CP, and deleting them from the hardware list, and rebooting

[silax]

my 650mhz athlon k7 has never let me down yet.
well untill today.
still can't get betfair properly

[sparkyminer]

I had this problem other week mate, I'm afraid I never cured it, :( I'm driveless at the moment, awaiting next time on afters to go in and have them replaced. :anger

[silax]

now they aren't showing up on my cp so why do they keep coming back then dissapearing

[silax]

i have a conflict on my secondary ide controller

[silax]

oh oh twm has shown up

[silax]

ah he's gone

[silax]

i'll try another reboot

[Win2Win]

Find out what is conflicting with them, and get rid of it, then reinstall. You don't get conflicts on XP :)

[silax]

right got them both working there is still a conflict but i've hidden it by pressing the - button all working so not to bothered about a yellow question mark i can't see

[silax]

gone again right now to sort that conflict out

[silax]

i guess ignoring those little yellow things isn't the answer any ideas
on cd rom controllers