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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: aaandin on September 11, 2003, 02:55:27 PM

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: aaandin on September 11, 2003, 02:55:27 PM

i was able to play all CDs in Afreey CD-2056E CD ROM drive (in Windows Me OS /AMD Duron 950 Mhz / 128 Mb RAM).
Now CD Rom not responding.
On some CDs it just spins. later, "pl. insert a disk into drive" message appears.
However, while booting the CD Rom is detected. the same problem was there with the previous CD drive too. suggestions pl.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: A+Net+MCP on September 11, 2003, 10:53:01 PM

Have you checked device manager to see if it listed and if it says that it working properly? Have you checked IDE cable? Do you have any other optical drives? It could be dead, they do fail more often than hard drives. Try another CD drive.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: aaandin on September 12, 2003, 12:39:37 PM

yes i do have a CDRW drive(samsung). that works alright. i  i've checked up the device manager. it shows drive working properly. would there be some power supply problem. since it has happend in a short interval with 2 CD drives. would there be a hardware conflict or registry problem. i'm deparate.wanna know, does it open and close if it is dead. pl. help.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: Bronx1 on September 13, 2003, 01:13:50 PM

Is this drive installed in the computer your other post about the hard drive. If so you could be having problems with the mobo.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: aaandin on September 13, 2003, 05:28:10 PM

could u pl elaborate on mobo. how to mend this.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: Bronx1 on September 14, 2003, 09:55:06 AM

It could be a short on your mobo. It could happen from Vibration , or a slight jar that you do not know happend. This is just a theory. Is there any other problems you are having?

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: aaandin on September 14, 2003, 10:43:45 AM

i've lost 2 cd drives likewise in a short period. i want to know, whether it is time for me to go for the 3rd one or can i mend these drives some how. i was using these drives on dual OS. in Win ME hardware list this model Afreey CD-2056E is not listed. could this have caused a problem.

Title: CD ROM drive not responding
Post by: Bronx1 on September 14, 2003, 10:54:19 AM

It all depends on what is wrong with the drives. Have you tried them in another computer? Also losing 2 drives means there is a underlaying problem. Also download the right driver for your drive. Normally this doesn't matter. But win me is funny like that.