Hi, I recently installed an internal EIDE 120Gb drive in my S900 and then installed OS9.1 on one of the three partitions. I've left OS8.6 on the original 2Gb drive that came with the machine. When I boot up from the EIDE drive in OS9.1 everything is fine at first. CDs load and are recognized and I can access their content. At some point after that while I am working away I notice that the icon for the CD that is loaded is no longer displayed and I am unable to access the drive or the CD. To eject the CD I have to press the eject button on the front of the drive. When I attempt to use FWB Mounter on the drive I get a message saying no driver is loaded although the driver is in the extensions folder and enabled. When I run 8.6 from the original SCSI this does not happen. The CD ROM drive functions perfectly for as long as I am on the computer. There is something else that happened while I was installing the EIDE drive that I should mention. My S900 manual said I had to disconnect all the cables from the CD drive in order to swivel the bay housing around to gain easy access to it. I disconnected the first two cables without any problem but when I tried gently to unplug the last one on the left which is a white plug with three very thin wires attached to it the last wire on the left came out of the plug. It looked like it was being held in there by a tine metal clamp. So I twisted the end of the wire into a firm extension and reinserted it back into the opening from where it came loose and left the white plug in place. (I realize this is not an ideal connection.) I was able to swivel the housing enough to easily install the new drive without pulling any wires taut. Does it sound like this wire having come loose and being reinserted may have caused a problem? Any other ideas anyone might have as to why the cd driver is not recognized some time after the initial bootup will be appreciated. Thanks.
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