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BruceM
I have a question for all who have experienced a drive fail while using it
in an XP operating system computer.
I am in a small town where I get asked "to look at my computer" every time
something goes whacky.
Just lately I have been flooded with CD drives & burners that for some
reason suffer some faults.
The faults I'm getting vary. Some of the more regular ones are:--
1. Drive is recognised by bios & show correctly in "device manager", but
will not detect ANY disc in the drive. If you try to look at the disc from
windows explorer, it says "insert disc".
2. When inserting any disc, the light flashes for about 15 seconds & then
immediately ejects the disc. Can't "explore" etc, because it ejects straight
away.
3. Inserting any disc that would "auto-play" will not auto start. Shows
correctly in "my computer". Clicking on icon here just opens the disc as a
folder not start up. Clicking on the "exe" file will start the program.
4. Inserting a disc causes the drive to "hammer". Sounds like the arm in the
drive is continually "banging" from outside track to inside track. Can only
be stopped by pressing the "eject" button.
Once a drive exhibits any of these symptoms, even if it is installed in ANY
other computer, it remains with the same symptoms & can't be "fixed". I've
even tried reflashing to the same or later one available on manufacturer's
site.
Aopen have a forum & I noticed that they are also getting quite a few
similar problems.
My opinion is that it MIGHT be caused by the SP1 update from Microsoft
clashing with the drives?
I have experienced it in Liteon, Aopen, Acer & other drives.
ps. I've tried all suggestions such as changes to jumper, cable, ide0 or
ide1, other computer etc etc
Has anyone else got a similar story?
BruceM
in an XP operating system computer.
I am in a small town where I get asked "to look at my computer" every time
something goes whacky.
Just lately I have been flooded with CD drives & burners that for some
reason suffer some faults.
The faults I'm getting vary. Some of the more regular ones are:--
1. Drive is recognised by bios & show correctly in "device manager", but
will not detect ANY disc in the drive. If you try to look at the disc from
windows explorer, it says "insert disc".
2. When inserting any disc, the light flashes for about 15 seconds & then
immediately ejects the disc. Can't "explore" etc, because it ejects straight
away.
3. Inserting any disc that would "auto-play" will not auto start. Shows
correctly in "my computer". Clicking on icon here just opens the disc as a
folder not start up. Clicking on the "exe" file will start the program.
4. Inserting a disc causes the drive to "hammer". Sounds like the arm in the
drive is continually "banging" from outside track to inside track. Can only
be stopped by pressing the "eject" button.
Once a drive exhibits any of these symptoms, even if it is installed in ANY
other computer, it remains with the same symptoms & can't be "fixed". I've
even tried reflashing to the same or later one available on manufacturer's
site.
Aopen have a forum & I noticed that they are also getting quite a few
similar problems.
My opinion is that it MIGHT be caused by the SP1 update from Microsoft
clashing with the drives?
I have experienced it in Liteon, Aopen, Acer & other drives.
ps. I've tried all suggestions such as changes to jumper, cable, ide0 or
ide1, other computer etc etc
Has anyone else got a similar story?
BruceM