I'm working on a system with rather strange behavior and am looking for
recommendations:

Windows XP Pro.
CDROM and CD-RW installed.
Both used to play music CDs.
One became "intermittent" it was reported (re: music playback).
Switched to the other for a time.
Now neither one can be used for playing music.

All settings appear to be OK.
The system plays .wav files OK.
Cables appear to be OK.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

Fred

Can either CD drive read data CDs fine? When was the last time you cleaned
the lasers on the drives? Are any of the CDs scratched, dusty, covered with
fingerprints etc?
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Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com
"Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message
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> I'm working on a system with rather strange behavior and am looking for
> recommendations:
>
> Windows XP Pro.
> CDROM and CD-RW installed.
> Both used to play music CDs.
> One became "intermittent" it was reported (re: music playback).
> Switched to the other for a time.
> Now neither one can be used for playing music.
>
> All settings appear to be OK.
> The system plays .wav files OK.
> Cables appear to be OK.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
>
>