Adding CD-ROM drive to older computer

[Guest]

Would you be able to add a CD-ROM drive to an old IBM PS/1 386 SX 25 MHz computer system? This computer never had a CD-ROM drive installed in it and I was wondering if the computer could handle the upgrade. I would guess that I would have to find a slower speed drive that would work with 386 processor and 4 MB or RAM. The question is how well would it work even if I could find a 2X or 4X or 8X drive??? If anyone out there has some suggestions on this, please let me know.

Thanks

 

[svol]

Does that motherboard have standard IDE ports, or some older system to connect the drives at?

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[sninja387]

You can expect nothing but problems trying to add any kind of device to an old computer like that. When I first started working on computers, I learned on old machines by trial and error.

I now am very experienced with computers, and I can fix or solve most problems I come across. But as a favor to a firend, I tried to install a cd-rom into a simialr computer. It gave me a lot of problems. What I finally did was to buy an ISA IDE controller card. Then install the drivers for the card and CD-Rom drive in DOS. The comp was running Win95 version 1. If you buy the controller card, it shouldn't give you many problems.

 

[ycs46241]

it can be done, you would need to set up in cmos, but processor speed and memory is to slow to work well, and another thing is most application have min requirments to run like processor,memory and cd-rom speed. it probely is better to leve alone and get new computer. the amount of time and money spent up grading you could add alittle extra and get a computer
<A HREF="http://www.pricewatch.com/" target="_new">http://www.pricewatch.com/</A>
House Brand Complete sys - AMD Duron 700MHz 1Yr Warr, Win 98SE & LICENSE MENTION PRICE WATCH - Mid Twr, 20.0HD, 64 Mem, 50X CD, Flpy, Snd, 8M Video, 56K Modem,2 USB, 120W Spk,KB/MS $ 232 30-55 12/31/2001 9:34:55 AM CT LLS Technology, Inc.
800-617-0009
440-951-5122
OH 1152