cd drive?

External Since: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 2

so when i put a cd into the drive half of the time it doesnt spin or read
it....and the other half it does...so i kno it cant be the lazer thats
busted...its a cd/dvd player...and i dont think that its switching back and
forth between the two when needed...is there anythin i can do to help that?

External Since: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 635

laps wrote:

> so when i put a cd into the drive half of the time it doesnt spin or
> read it....and the other half it does...so i kno it cant be the lazer
> thats busted...its a cd/dvd player...and i dont think that its
> switching back and forth between the two when needed...is there
> anythin i can do to help that?

With the computer turned off and unplugged, reseat the drive's ribbon
cable and power supply connector. If that doesn't help, swap the drive
out with a known-working CD/DVD-ROM drive. If the issues go away, throw
the original drive out. If that doesn't work, your power supply may be
going and should be replaced. As always with troubleshooting, make one
change at a time and test after each change.

Malke
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MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
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