For the past few months my system has been freezing when i put a cd or dvd in
the dvd rom. Now the system doesnt lock up everytime a disk goes in only
about 50% of the time. I then need to restart the system and my computer
reads the disk fine. At first i thought i just had some dumb bug so i
reformated the hard drive reinstalling everything and it still happened. Then
i tried switching the Dvd drive. it was first an artec 16dvd which was
swtiched to an LG dvd RW. That didnt work. I then figured it could be a power
supply issue because i was running at max capacity. so i got a new high end
520watt supply and another new sony DvdRw drive. and my system still freezes
about 50% of the time when a disk goes in the dvd rom. Im starting to think
that it is actually a windows glitch. Any answers will greatly be appreciated.

Since you have already clean installed WIndows XP, it is more likely to be
defective RAM/motherboard. Failing components on the motherboard can cause
such issues.

"DrTall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> For the past few months my system has been freezing when i put a cd or dvd
> in
> the dvd rom. Now the system doesnt lock up everytime a disk goes in only
> about 50% of the time. I then need to restart the system and my computer
> reads the disk fine. At first i thought i just had some dumb bug so i
> reformated the hard drive reinstalling everything and it still happened.
> Then
> i tried switching the Dvd drive. it was first an artec 16dvd which was
> swtiched to an LG dvd RW. That didnt work. I then figured it could be a
> power
> supply issue because i was running at max capacity. so i got a new high
> end
> 520watt supply and another new sony DvdRw drive. and my system still
> freezes
> about 50% of the time when a disk goes in the dvd rom. Im starting to
> think
> that it is actually a windows glitch. Any answers will greatly be
> appreciated.