Some PATA/SATA converters are bi-directional, while others are uni-directional. If yours is uni-directional, you need to ensure it is for a PATA device on a SATA channel. I believe it has to support ATAPI in order to work with a CD/DVD. Gary Nelson On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 21:00 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: > The IDE CD drive worked OK in another computer. > > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:44:03 -0500 > "Mr. B-o-B" <mr.chew.baka at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10/3/2011 7:40 PM, Jason Hsu cried from the depths of the abyss: > > > Unfortunately, something isn't working, > > > > Perhaps that antique ide cd-rom drive is the problem, and not the > > adapter. Contact me off-list & I will give you a pile of ide > > cd/dvd-roms & or burners. I also can throw in a handful > > dvd-rom/dvd-bruners as well. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111003/d246ddde/attachment-0001.html>