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Thread ID: 39813 2003-11-18 09:10:00 Help!!! Laptop hangs and then CD-RW/DVD Rom disappears Chao is back (634) Press F1
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192900 2003-11-18 09:10:00 I had recently got an Acer Travelmate 243XC and sometimes after periods of use (or one instance of it happening 5 min. after startup) the computer would hange for about 1 minute. Then it would appear to work fine once more. However after the computer has started working again the CD-RW/DVD combo drive had disappeared from My Computer and also from Device Manager.

The operating system is Windows XP Home with Service Pack 1 installed.

Cheers,
Chao
Chao is back (634)
192901 2003-11-18 09:14:00 its probably something to do with your drive. Maybe its faulty or something. fus1_n (3818)
192902 2003-11-18 09:15:00 Sounds like a connection problem, where the power or IDE to the CD is being lost, causing Windows to get upset and fret for a bit.

Its new.

Take it back.

Its unlikely to be a "user serviceable part"
godfather (25)
192903 2003-11-18 09:21:00 something with power consumption or overheating.

let acer care do it if still under warranty.
yang11 (170)
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