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| Thread ID: 51148 | 2004-11-13 01:04:00 | DVD-ROM drive fried? | george12 (7) | Press F1 |
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| 291170 | 2004-11-13 01:04:00 | Hi, lately my DVD-ROM drive has been slightly intermittant. I posted a thread a week or so ago, about how it couldn't read DVDs anymore, only CDs. It then strangely fixed itself. Later, I added a CD-RW drive to the same channel as the DVD, as slave. They didn't seem to like each other though - or so I thought. The BIOS detected both fine on the correct Master/Slave. But Windows was another story. The CD-RW drive worked sweet as, but when I put a disc in the DVD drive (CD or DVD), it detects it but cannot reliably view files - scambled data and extremely slow (> 1 min for text file) speed etc. Now, even when it is on its own again it still has the same problem. I have also tried switching ribbon cable to another brand new one, to no avail. And now, Windows doesn't detect it at all, and the BIOS detects it as: 16X DVD-POM Drive OA Normally it should read 16X DVD-ROM Drive OEM The strange thing is physically it seems in perfect condition. Disc's spin up fine - I am pretty sure it is a communication problem rather than faulty laser etc type of thing. Is it time for the bin? Or is there hope? George |
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| 291171 | 2004-11-13 01:20:00 | Wohoo - fixed it... But do I dare reconnect the CD-RW? No (it's crap anyway, I'll use it as a CD-ROM drive in another PC). George |
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| 291172 | 2004-11-13 01:24:00 | Do you want chips with that? ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 291173 | 2004-11-13 03:47:00 | Yes | george12 (7) | ||
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