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CDRW-Drive goes mad...help.
Name: astropicachu Date: July 15, 2003 at 06:12:08 Pacific OS: XP / Linux, mandrake CPU/Ram: 1GHz Athlon/768MB
Comment:
Hi people, While I was on the net, my CDRW drive started opening and closing without stopping. I restarted the system, I shut it down for a while, it does not make any difference. As soon as the system starts working the mad drive starts again; open-close-open-close... HELP... What's wrong? Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks a lot. A. Picachu
Name: RayMan Date: July 15, 2003 at 07:38:32 Pacific
Reply:
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