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Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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Name: dnb4800
Date: February 4, 2008 at 16:40:53 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks
OS: Win xp home sp2
CPU/Ram: AMD athlon 3200 2.20 GHz/
Model/Manufacturer: eMachine/ T3265

Comment:

recently my cd rom stopped reading all but music cd's. When I insert a data cd then double click the device icon on "My computer" i recive a message stating "please insert a disk into drive d"
and yes the drivers are curent. Any idea what is wrong or how to fix it?
thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: OtheHill
Date: February 4, 2008 at 16:44:54 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

Reply: (edit)

What kind of data format is on the CDs?

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Response Number 2

Name: dnb4800
Date: February 4, 2008 at 16:57:51 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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this is sad but im not sure what you mean by data format but if it helps they are comp games/programs like legoland and spanish for dummies.

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Response Number 3

Name: OtheHill
Date: February 4, 2008 at 17:04:55 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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Then try opening from My computer by right clicking and select explore.

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Response Number 4

Name: aegis
Date: February 4, 2008 at 18:29:02 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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Are you sure that they are compatible with Windows? Could they be MAC discs?
Could they be DVD discs?
Do you have any other discs that could try that you know are windows compatible?
If the drive reads audio CDs it should be able to read data CDs.

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Response Number 5

Name: dnb4800
Date: February 4, 2008 at 20:35:55 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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I just tried a game that I have been useing for years and that I know is compatable and it still gave the same message then I tried right clicking and explore and it still gave the same message.

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Response Number 6

Name: aegis
Date: February 5, 2008 at 09:27:53 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

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That's a very strange problem! If it was me, I would borrow a friends drive and try it.

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Response Number 7

Name: OtheHill
Date: February 5, 2008 at 09:34:17 Pacific
Subject: OEM CD_ROM F564E not reading disks

Reply: (edit)

Reading home burned disks will be more difficult for a weak laser than reading factory CDs.

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