wierd problem when xp starts up- i see this error in event view- please hlep

R

robin

I NEVER got this error msg in the event view before sp2 why am i getting
this now?
this happens on every startup but both cd players- one is the original cd
rom from dell (samsung)and the other is a sony cdrw. The computer is 2yrs
old and i never saw this problem before yesterday when i installed sp2
I used both cd players and have no problems- and burned 2 things today and
saw no error msges afterwards.

see below

Details

The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout period.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 9
Source: atapi
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_TIMEOUT
Message: The device, %1, did not respond within the timeout period.

Explanation
The attempt to read or write data timed out.


User Action
If there is a disc in the CD-ROM drive, it might need replacing or cleaning.

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