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Well, I've answered my own question. Unlike my desktop cd-rom, it's necessary to turn on the laptop cd-rom _before_ booting up in order that it be recognized. The installation instructions noted that it was necessary to turn it on to install the unit; I didn't realize it needed to be turned on in advance all the time to work, vs. having the option to run it on the fly. At 10:42 AM 3/15/97 -0800, you wrote: >Not long ago, a member of this list posted a link to www.insight.com re an >inexpensive refurb 4x cd-rom pcmcia. Frustrated by my inability to get >direct cable connection to work (despite help offered by others on the >list) I followed up on that post and bought one. The unit installed easily >and worked fine. > >Today, after a week of non-use, when I fired up the TP701c, the cd-rom >drive was out of sight, as in not present. No icon for the d:drive as the >cd-rom appeared in My Computer, as it did before. I tried detecting for new >hardware, and nothing happened. > >I then turned everything off, and pulled the pcmcia (adaptec scsi) card. >Next I turned on the cd-rom, rebooted, and plugged the card back in. Once >again, I tried to detect for new hardware; none was found. > >Mysteriously, however, the d:drive was recognized, with no need to >re-install drivers. > >Does anyone have a clue as to why this happened (or what I might do to >prevent it reoccurring)? > >Thanks. >-- > >Peter Lewis >pele@wolfenet.com > > -- Peter Lewis pele@wolfenet.com