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Document ID: GSMH-39ZFKS

IBM PC330/PC350 - "Error Reading Drive 2" during startup

Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom:
Error message "Error reading drive 2. Press any key to continue" appears twice just before DOS boots. System then runs normally.

Problem Isolation Aids:
Problem only occurs if an IDE CD-ROM drive has been installed and a Boot Manager partition is present. BIOS is sending IDE rather than ATAPI commands to CD-ROM drive

Fix:
This is fixed in Flash BIOS 38
For a copy of the latest BIOS update, please Double Click here :-

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CD-ROM Drives, Error Messages

Date Created

27-09-95

Last Updated

21-05-98

Revision Date

19-05-99

Brand

IBM PC

Product Family

PC 330, PC 350

Machine Type

6586, 6576

Model

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