Yes like the title says, I have a problem with my dvd rom drive. MY computer was built by me, and everything else is running normal. My Lite-on CD burner plays games and everything with out a problem. When i insert a game or just about any cd into my dvd rom drive it freeze my whole computer. I can't move the mouse or anything, i have to reboot to get it back to normal. I thought it might have just been that dvd rom drive but i swapped it out with lite-on dvd drive and the same thing happened......Oh and by the way the dvd drive i have now is a sony. This problem is a little aggrivating and i want it fixed so bad. there has to be some kind of hardware conflict or something, Please help me... it would be very much appreciated.

What we need to know is how did you configure the hardware? What cable and which connector on the cable did you set the dvd rom to ? Which pins did you set the jumper to on the dvd rom ? Is the DMA mode enabled ? What is the model number and brand of your board ? etc IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT - SIGNATURE COURTESY OF BUZZ187

Uninstall the drive from the device manager, reboot and let windows pick it up again. I also recommend taking a look @ the transfer mode if it is currently on PIO set it to DMA or vice versa reboot and see if that helps. ____________________________ The greatest risk is not taking one

i just went through the same thing and here's what i did to fix it my hard drives are sata and i use the on-board sata connections, so that frees up both ide channels..here's my configuration when it was happening to me: IDE1 primary master cd-rw IDE2 primary master dvd burner i thought it was one of my hard drives, so i took out 1 hard drive and it was still freezing..plugged that hard drive back in and disconnected the dvd burner = no more lock ups/freezes i was in deep thought and tried the dvd burner on IDE1 as a slave to my cd burner = problem fixed...no lock ups or freezes...i suspect that my IDE2 went bad. no big deal for me, since i dont need it Abit NF7-s 2500+ @ 3200+ 512 Corsair XMS PC3200 128 meg Radeon 9800 Pro DUAL 36 GIG WD Raptors Raid 0 DUAL 21 in. ( 19.8 viewable ) Sony Trinitrons 3+ Mbps cable connection

Ok i took the dma mode off and put it on and still freezes....i will unistall it and try agian....and see what that does... oh and i have my dvd as slave and cdrw as master...i have ran my cdrw as slave to the hard drive and the dvd on the ide channel by itself and still freezes...this is kinda aggrivating...i know i can just use my cdrw drive...but it just aggrivates me that i am having this problem oh and the motherboard im using is the Abit is7-v

I have a question. If i installed that lite on dvd player and it still had the sony dvd driver installed....would it still cause the freeze that way....or should i try the lite-on dvd drive with its own driver...cuz i remembered i forgot to unistall the sony dvd drver.....and when i went to device manager the sony driver was still installed.....

Shortman !! I do understand your problem I realy do. I have just had same problem with a rig I built a month ago. It was a liteon/jvc generic dvd rom and was freezing the comp and any application that yu try. Watching dvd's it froze at no given point, etc. I replaced the unit with a new drive and it works 100% OK , But cop this !!! I used the old one ( that was freezing ) and placed the thing into my test rig that runs the asus a7v600 x board and guess what !! It works without a fault. But when connected to the a7n8x-e Delux the thing froze. Now I have dvd rom which I cant return for warranty cos the thing works. So I do understand your aggrivation. I wish I could point yu in a worth wile direction, but you seem to have done the right things in trying to solve your problem. IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT - SIGNATURE COURTESY OF BUZZ187