Wait, I noticed that the connector is diffrent from a standard ide cable.

Back in the day there where 3 standards. Philips, Sony and Panasonic.

Most Creative cards came with the Panasonic CD-Rom port.

Okay, I found the proper cable, now I'm installing the drivers for the cdrom.

there were no IDE controllers in the SB Pro and early SB16s

Well, when ever I put a cd in it and do cd d: then dir it says "not ready reading drive d" Then the old Abort, Retry, Fail? I have cleaned off the laser in the cdrom drive with a q-tip and I have inspedted the cd (Ultimate doom) and the cd reads fine in my laptop, the drivers are properly loaded for the, cdrom, the power and the data cable are securely inserted, what gives?

Also, I mean I have another cdrom dirve I can throw into hte system if this doesn't work, but I really want to have the matching pair of sb gear.

I forgot to mention it says CDR101 then the "Not ready reading" error.

SO, I'm guessing I have a dead drive just like this guy

Also, there were jumpers on the drive, with spots 1,2 and 3 the jumper was set to spot 1 does that mean master?

are you ignoring what I said or really using a compatible drive with the card?

no one can give you any answers if you don't say what drive you're using

Okay, I have the original box and disketts, diskett 1 and 2 for the card and the diskett for the cdrom.

I reinstalled everything and still no dice.

you're ignoring my questions, so I'm just going to ignore your posts since you won't help me help you

this is likely a simple problem with a simple solution, but will also likely turn into a huge thread like your SB16 debacle because you chose to not listen to people

Yes, I am using THE DRIVE THAT CAME WITH THE CARD! it has the same propriety connector as the one on the card, I also used the cable that it had, I have the diskette it says "sound blaster cdrom installation"

It even says "sound blaster" on the front of the cdrom drive.

that doesn't fully answer my question
creative labs sold many different CD-ROM drives, just like sound cards

I don't care if the drive "came with the card"... this shit is nearly 20 years old, how do you know if the drive or drivers disks are really the same as what originally came from the factory when I'm 99% certain you bought this used?

somebody made the drive, and there's a model number and name for the drive... "sound blaster" doesn't tell me much other than creative labs sold it

you like to play this vagueness and disobeying instructions game like your SB16 thread, fine... but count me out... I don't have time for this
I like to help people, but not when my questions go ignored or answered poorly... it tells me that there's a lack of sincerity and respect to the person helping, which is very frustrating

Here, I will post pictures of the drive.

I think it might be a sony cdrom, the driver diskette says no company it just says "Sound Blaster cd rom installation cdr 563 p/n 140201-4"

if it says cr-563 that means it is a panasonic drive.