Board index Peripheral

CD-ROM Drive unable to read CD-ROM

CD-ROM Drive unable to read CD-ROM

Post by Goh Yong Kwan » Tue, 07 Jul 1998 04:00:00



When I tries to install World Cup '98 (a computer game from Electronic Art),
the setup program will hang when it reaches 73%. So I started up the Windows
Explorer to try to copy the files to the harddisk on my own. When copying
the same file, Windows Explorer too hang and the drive shows no activity.

My CD-ROM drive sometimes also experiences some problem playing certain VCD.
The XingMPEG player will slow down considerably (playing 1 frame every 10
seconds) and eventually hang. Using Microsoft ActiveMovie sometimes solve
the problem but may crash after selecting the file to play. Confused? Maybe
I should put it in another way. Microsoft ActiveMovie can play some of the
VCDs that XingMPEG has problem playing, but not all of them.

I've noticed that the loading tray has a bit of dust in it. Does it affect
the reading of a CD-ROM?

Is it because of a damaged CD-ROM or there is something seriously wrong with
the CD-ROM drive? What should I do now?

My CD-ROM drive is a Creative Infra3600 (24x).

Thanks in advance! I'm very frustrated and worried since the my CD_ROM
drive is rather eratic -- it cannot read certain CD-ROMs and VCDs but can
read the rest.

Thanks once again.  

 
 
 
Top

1. unable to read cd-roms dvds on toshiba dvd rom cdrw sc-r1102 drive

I noticed this problem a few days ago, I read that maybe some program
had overwritten the original system drivers for my cd-rom and I should
reinstall those original drivers, I went to control panel (windows
xp)system driver manager and uninstalled my toshiba r-1102 dvd cd-rw
drivers then chose scan for hardware changes, so it could reinstall
the original drivers, however I fouind out after doing this that I was
now only able to view the cd-rw logo that normally accompanies my
toshiba dvd  drive, normally it would also include the dvd logo, I
find that even dvd's are treated as cd-roms I cant play them with
cyberlink dvd but can browse them from explorer, I am unable to open
cd's created or even formatted with a previous version of adaptec with
roxio platinum 5, pls any suggestions to recover my cd-rom capability
and dvd capability will be greatly appreciated

2. Some Basic Prodos Questions

3. cd-rom drive reads data cd as audio cd

4. Plextor 4/12 caddy for $375

5. CD-ROM Jukebox, CD-ROM exchanger for 100, or more cds

6. dma help needed

7. cd-rom won't recognize data cd-rom's

8. Deployment problem

9. CD-ROM drive that can read audio CD's?

10. CD-ROM Reads Music CD's or DATA CD's (Not Both)

11. Yamaha CRW2100EZ CD-R/CD-ROM/CD-RW drive not bootable

12. CD-rom trays and business card cd-roms

13. CD-ROM Drive can't read !


All times are UTC
Board index