CD Drives Quit Working

I have two CD drives on my pc (windows xp/service pack 2; AMD athlon
xp1700+) and am having a problem with both CD drives. Both work fine after
starting or rebooting the computer, but after some period of time (not
consistent or predictable), neither one works until I restart. When they
stop working, everything looks okay in the device manager, but if you try to
read any known good disks, neither one works. The device manager always
says the device is working okay and drivers are okay, even when they don't
work.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

may have your master/slave settings incorrect. Master is at the end of the
"ribbon" and slave sits in the centre, and the other end in the motherboard.

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VanShania <rvans@mts.net> wrote
> Tom Mc <temccartney@juno.com> wrote

>> I have two CD drives on my pc (windows xp/service pack 2; AMD athlon
>> xp1700+) and am having a problem with both CD drives. Both work fine
>> after starting or rebooting the computer, but after some period of
>> time (not consistent or predictable), neither one works until I
>> restart. When they stop working, everything looks okay in the device
>> manager, but if you try to read any known good disks, neither one
>> works. The device manager always says the device is working okay and
>> drivers are okay, even when they don't work.

>> Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

> may have your master/slave settings incorrect.

Doesnt produce those symptoms.

> Master is at the end of the "ribbon" and slave sits in the centre,

Wrong with two drives on a single ribbon cable.

> and the other end in the motherboard.

You did manage to get that bit right, likely by accident.

VanShania wrote:

> No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.

Someone hasnt heard of sociopaths and psychopaths. Theres no parenting
that can correct those two.


NT

meow2222@care2.com wrote:
> VanShania wrote:
>
> > No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
>
> Someone hasnt heard of sociopaths and psychopaths. Theres no parenting
> that can correct those two.
>
>
> NT

Very good - except we are on the wrong forum for this type of comment.

Now on to the OP's problem. There are several possiblities:
1) I suggest checking with your motherboard maker and see if you need
to upgrade your BIOS.
2) Check with your CD manufacturer and see if there are any driver
updates.
3) Sometimes your power supply may be getting weak/overheating.
4) Have you tried just connecting only one CD drive - maybe you are
overtaxing the power supply rating with two drives, plus HD etc.
5) You could also have one CD drive that is drawing too much power -
again use only one for the the time being and see if it works. If it
does try the other one. If only one is giving problems - replace it.

This is called troubleshooting - good luck.

HTH,

John

On 16 Dec 2006 17:18:08 -0800, meow2222@care2.com wrote:

>VanShania wrote:
>
>> No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
>
>Someone hasnt heard of sociopaths and psychopaths. Theres no parenting
>that can correct those two.


You haven't established that it was an inherant problem the
parenting would attempt to correct, rather than having
caused.

kony <spam@spam.com> wrote
> meow2222@care2.com wrote
>> VanShania wrote

>>> No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.

>> Someone hasnt heard of sociopaths and psychopaths.
>> Theres no parenting that can correct those two.

> You haven't established that it was an inherant problem the
> parenting would attempt to correct, rather than having caused.

He doesnt have to, that fool 'VanShania' made that terminally stupid claim.

Actually its because of abusive parents that these people exsist

--
Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
The most horrible feeling in the world is knowing that No One is There to
Protect You.

A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb
MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4, winSPWW2, winSPMBT, Call of Duty War Chest

VanShania <rvans@mts.net> wrote
> meow2222@care2.com wrote
>> VanShania wrote

>>> No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.

>> Someone hasnt heard of sociopaths and psychopaths. Theres no parenting that can correct those
>> two.

> Actually its because of abusive parents that these people exsist

Mindless pig ignorant silly stuff.

The same stupid pig ignorant claim was once made about schitzophrenia too.

Is your complete incapacity to actually quote properly the result of your abusive parents too ?

tsk tsk

--
Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
The most horrible feeling in the world is knowing that No One is There to
Protect You.

A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb
MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4, winSPWW2, winSPMBT, Call of Duty War Chest

VanShania <rvans@mts.net> wrote:
> tsk tsk

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag,
or even manage to work out how to quote either.