Hi
I have an old 50pin SCSI CD Rom. It's recognised perfectly by the drivers. However when it initiates it just keeps the led on and can't be read.
Any tips on what I could start to test or work on?
Thanks
Louis
-try another pressed disk
-clean lens, lubricate rail, look for electrolytic capacitors inside the cdrom
-replace cdrom
Toshiba XM-4101T and B uses passive resistors for termination iirc, if the drive is the only device or is on end of the scsi chain those resistors must be in place or use a terminator block on the cable end.
Which scsi adapter are you using ?
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forgot communication test, some program to try ejecting CD would be nice, sadly I cant find any (eject.exe?)
There is a DOS CD eject.exe included in some of the LG cdrom drivers, will dig it out and attach...
ok here... I tested from a command prompt from windows and it opened my sata dvd burner 🤣
good luck !
added: Eject.zip contains v2.1, attached a previous version 1.0 from 1990 (it requires mscdex to be installed)...
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