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| Thread ID: 30604 | 2003-02-25 04:24:00 | Philips (?) CD burner, Active light stays on. | Peter (676) | Press F1 |
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| 123724 | 2003-02-25 04:24:00 | I think my CD burner is a Philips. The CD is a IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32. When I insert a CD the Active light stays 'on' but I can't open the CD (music or data) to play. Then the only way to get the CD out is to reboot the PC, then press the open/close button as the machine boots up. The sofware is Roxio Ver 4.05. Iv'e uninstalled / reinstaled the software and updated the drivers. Is my burner 'shot' as I suspect? Can anyone please suggest what may be wrong? P. |
Peter (676) | ||
| 123725 | 2003-02-25 05:02:00 | If it still burns disks, then probably OK. Had similar problem but with different burner. It required Direct CD installed and to start up with windows. In the bottom bar you could right click the icon and choose eject. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 123726 | 2003-02-25 05:17:00 | I've come across this with Roxio's (Adaptec's?) DirectCD. Usually the CD can't be ejected unless it's finished writing but sometimes it doesn't realise that the CD has been finished. It's not a CD Writer problem but software. I still run Roxio DirectCD for CDRW but for writing data/music I use Nero ROM Burning. I still come across the ejecting problem which usually results in having to reformat the CDRW again. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 123727 | 2003-03-01 05:26:00 | I managed to resurect my burner after fidling with the conections within the PC case and I cleared the dust from the PSU fan. I suspect it was the dust that put the burner to 'sleep' as the top of the case was VERY hot to touch. |
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