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npatel · 11th March 2003, 12:22 AM

Hi,

I have an old 12X CDROM. I have detached it and connected it to an external source. I want to see if I can make a CD Player out of it, but the thing is I need to tell the CDROM to begin playing. Does anyone know what pins on th IDE Bus have to be set.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**kinjalgp** · 11th March 2003, 02:29 AM

Don't you have any switches on the front panel? My drive has 3 switches for Play/Stop, FF and Rev. and it plays audio CD without IDE cable connectd to the drive. Only supply is enough to get the audio signla out from phone jack.

Sebi · 11th March 2003, 07:00 AM

Unfortunately some types haven`t PLAY button on front panel.On IDE bus no pins for this function.No chance for stand-alone mode.

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11th March 2003, 12:22 AM	(permalink)
npatel	IDE Pin Setting Hi, I have an old 12X CDROM. I have detached it and connected it to an external source. I want to see if I can make a CD Player out of it, but the thing is I need to tell the CDROM to begin playing. Does anyone know what pins on th IDE Bus have to be set. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

11th March 2003, 02:29 AM	(permalink)
kinjalgp	Don't you have any switches on the front panel? My drive has 3 switches for Play/Stop, FF and Rev. and it plays audio CD without IDE cable connectd to the drive. Only supply is enough to get the audio signla out from phone jack. __________________ "There is no way to peace, peace is the way!"

11th March 2003, 07:00 AM	(permalink)
Sebi	Unfortunately some types haven`t PLAY button on front panel.On IDE bus no pins for this function.No chance for stand-alone mode.