is it on the ide bus .... good question I'm no computer guru, but the cdrom appears to plugged into the motherboard with a separate strap to the hd. I did notice that the sound had a X on the speaker icon, and the sound cable is now flopping around in the case.
The cdrom was used to install this current version of Mandrake. Sometime after the install the draw decided it didnt want to open, but I fixed that. Hope that helps PS I have my hammer handy ;)
