Transnote will not see USB CD-ROM

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Transnote will not see USB CD-ROM

#1 Post by hammerheadtim » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:43 am

I have a few Transnotes that I received without hard drives, I can't get the Transnote to boot from a USB CD-ROM, I have enabled the USB and put the removable devices in the first place in the boot startup sequence , what am I doing wrong?
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#2 Post by ajkula66 » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:57 am

Is your USB CD-ROM recognized in BIOS?
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#3 Post by hammerheadtim » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:51 pm

There is a CD in the bios boot menu but it is there even if I unplug the USB cable

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#4 Post by ajkula66 » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:00 pm

That's not what I was referring to...

Switch the "boot mode" in BIOS to "Diagnostics" and see whether your USB CD-ROM will be recognized, which I doubt. This is under "startup" section in BIOS.

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#5 Post by hammerheadtim » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:38 pm

No it is not there.

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#6 Post by ajkula66 » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:19 pm

That's what I figured would be the case. You'll have to get one of those old IBM PCMCIA external CD-ROMs and start from there...model is either 1968 or 1969, they pop up on eBay quite often, at least they used to...

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#8 Post by hammerheadtim » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:57 am

I found a old Port NW24XCD PCMCIA in stock but it does not see it, I did get it to load PC DOC with a USB floppy, guess I will try and find one of the old IBM ones that you talked about, thanks for your help

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