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CD-ROM Drive PROBLEMS | URGENT!!!
Name: anonymous123 Date: September 27, 2003 at 12:47:04 Pacific OS: Win 98 SE CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron/128 MB
Comment:
HELP!!!
After I formatted my HD & rebooted my comp to install Win 98 SE again (using the Startup Disk & CD) the CD-ROM drive keeps opening & closing every 10 secs or so. Moreover, it won't read anything (how can it?)
Name: ron#27 Date: September 27, 2003 at 13:46:13 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like a defective drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: anonymous123 Date: September 27, 2003 at 13:48:25 Pacific
Reply:
No, it's not defective. I've been using it for around three years. I think this may be a software problem...
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Response Number 3
Name: gingerp Date: September 27, 2003 at 13:56:56 Pacific
Reply:
I would look for an up to date Anti Virus boot disk.
I had a similar prob a few years ago with a very nasty virus!
You know that coincidences do occur! The drive could just have decided to pack up. Any chance you can get another drive to check it? Bad luck if so
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Response Number 4
Name: TopFarmer Date: September 27, 2003 at 14:04:29 Pacific
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HI was you inside of the comp and maybe loosed the IDE cable! If you turn on comp with no bootfloppy nor a cd in drive, does it still open and close? If it does its not software problem. If it does not try a different boot floppy or chose to boot with out cd support and see if problem still there.
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Response Number 5
Name: anonymous123 Date: September 27, 2003 at 14:38:27 Pacific
Reply:
No, I didn't open the comp. As well, I've noticed that when the comp boots, it shows the following:
Primary Master: bla bla bla Primary Slave: bla bla bla Secondary Master: <-- Here is sometimes Cd Drive Secondary Slave: <-- Here is other times Cd drive
Sometimes it doesn't show it at all.
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Response Number 6
Name: dave01 Date: September 27, 2003 at 14:50:51 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe this is the first sign of the motherboard battery going dead.
Is the CD drive jumpered as master, slave, or CS?
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Response Number 7
Name: MaadhuriMN Date: September 28, 2003 at 06:09:00 Pacific
Reply:
Anonymous,
Can you post the following?
1. Make & Model of the Motherboard or if it is a brand name PC, then its Exact Make and Model.
2. What type of BIOS and its Version number?
3. What was the reason for Reformatting the HDD?
4. Have you noticed any changes in the Amount of RAM the computer (BIOS) is diaplaying from time to time (say sometimes RIGHT at another time Wrong)?
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