Will and EIDE CD-Rom drive work as a replacement for an ATAPI CD-Rom?

Sadly, no. If you need to replace your ATAPI CD-Rom, you must get another ATAPI drive. ATAPI is an extension of the original EIDE standard. At this time, IDE interfaces (also known as ATA) will support both CD-Roms and hard drives, but ATAPI will only support ATAPI CD-Roms.

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