can you help me? my computer is originally has no cdrom installed in it, so i installed one and connect it to my motherboard and in the power plug, it seems running 'coz the indicator lights of the cdrom is blinking, but when i load a disk and tried to open the contents of the cd in my cdrom icon these words just prompted out "SPECIAL DEVICE/DEV/SCDO DOES NOT EXIST" did i connect it to the wrong plugs? does my cdrom not functioning right? did i click the wrong command in the icon? or is it just not compatible to my motherboard?

can anyone help me? my computer is originally has no cdrom installed in it, so i installed one and connect it to my motherboard and in the power plug, it seems running 'coz the indicator lights of the cdrom is blinking, but when i load a disk and tried to open the contents of the cd in my cdrom icon these words just prompted out "SPECIAL DEVICE/DEV/SCDO DOES NOT EXIST" did i connect it to the wrong plugs? does my cdrom not functioning right? did i click the wrong command in the icon? or is it just not compatible to my motherboard?

trish_22,

You should really start your own thread. Especially rather than resurrecting such an old one...

First, is the CD-ROM an ATAPI-IDE or SCSI one?

Second, what Linux distribution are you using?

Third, what do you mean by "tried to open the contents of the cd in my cdrom icon" ?

Get the answers to these questions and start your own thread. Either in the forum for your distribution, or in the Hardware forum.

Trish, I have moved your post into it's own thread - you are more likely to get answer that way.