IBM 37L1388 manual You, Icon Windows 3.X does Not Display

port,

attach

one

end

of

the

cable

to

the

IDE

port,

and

the

other end connector to

the

device;

leave

the middle

connector open.

You

cannot

access

the

CD-ROM drive (DOS and Windows

3.X)

or

the

CD-ROM

icon

(Windows 3.X) does

not

display.

Your

CD-ROM

device

driver

might

not

be

loaded

or

cannot

be

found.

Before

checking

the

CONFIG.SYS

and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, make a

backup

copy

of

these

files

in

a

convenient

directory.

1. At the DOS prompt:

a.Type copy CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.IBM and press Enter.

b. Type copy AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.IBM and press Enter.

2.

Use

a text

editor

such

as

E

or

Edit.

At

the DOS

prompt,E (ortype your

editor

name)

CONFIG.SYS

and

press

Enter.

3.

Insert

the

following

line

at

the

top of

the

CONFIG.SYS

file to allow for

more

than

five

drive

letters,

if

needed.

lastdrive=z

4.Check for the line that refers to the device driver.

DEVICEHIGH=C:\IBMIDECD.SYS /D:IBMCD1

If	this	line is not	present,	add it.
5. Save	the	CONFIG.SYS	file and	exit.

6.Type E (or your editor name) AUTOEXEC.BAT and press Enter.

7. Check for the line that refers to the device driver.

LH C:\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD1

/M:1

If

this

line

is

not

present,

add

it.

8.

If

the Windows

screen

automatically displays

when

you

start

your

computer,

check

that

the

line

LH C:\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD1

/M:1

comes

before

the

line

that

starts

Windows

(that

line

readsWIN).

If

not,

move the

MSCDEX

statement

above

this

line

in

the

file.

9.

Save

the

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file

and

exit.

10.

Make

sure

that

the

device

drivers

are

on

the

hard

disk

and

in

the

correct

directory.

C:\IBMIDECD.SYS

C:\MSCDEX

If

the

drivers

are

not present,

reinstall

them.

See

the

READ.ME

file

on

the

40X-17X

Internal

IDE

CD-ROM

Drive

Option

Diskette

for

more information.

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