Another problem

[Sacrifice]

Ok when i try to open my cd drive it just opens then closes again... also i noticed my comp got a lot choppier ever since this started happening (which was like 10 mins ago)

[<<Hybrid>>]

reinstall cd drivers and check your CD is connected correctly :thumbs:

BTW try format c:&#092; :D

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by <<Hybrid>>@Jul 2 2003, 12:57 PM
reinstall cd drivers and check your CD is connected correctly :thumbs:

BTW try format c:&#092; :D
didnt work =(

[Death-Dude]

After you reboot, try looking at it in Windows Explorer, or My Computer, and right-click on it, and choose &#39;eject&#39;. Also, look to see if you have CD Speed, or one of those programs installed with Nero or EZ-CD and the like. Is there a disk in the drive?

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by Death-Dude@Jul 2 2003, 05:02 PM
After you reboot, try looking at it in Windows Explorer, or My Computer, and right-click on it, and choose &#39;eject&#39;. Also, look to see if you have CD Speed, or one of those programs installed with Nero or EZ-CD and the like. Is there a disk in the drive?
no disk is in the drive. and i dont see the eject option on my computer or explorer

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

remove it from the device manager then reboot. Also you can try to delete the Primary or secondary IDE channel from the device manager whichever your CD ROM drive is on, and then reboot. what OS do you have?

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

Or the damn thing is just broken. :P

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 05:21 PM
Or the damn thing is just broken. :P
:rofl:

[Death-Dude]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 07:21 PM
Or the damn thing is just broken. :P
May well be. I had a very trusted disk that I&#39;ve used a lot over five years fail to read, presumably from a scratch, and it locked me up in an eternal attempt to read it. I couldn&#39;t even shut down or boot correctly. Took the disk out, all is fine again. I&#39;d say try another drive on the cable just to see if the drive is bad. I keep a couple of extra drives around for testing and working on other machines without CDs or CD-RWs, they come in handy.

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 05:20 PM
remove it from the device manager then reboot. Also you can try to delete the Primary or secondary IDE channel from the device manager whichever your CD ROM drive is on, and then reboot. what OS do you have?
u mean uninstall it?

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

Originally posted by Sacrifice+Jul 2 2003, 10:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sacrifice @ Jul 2 2003, 10:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 05:20 PM
remove it from the device manager then reboot. Also you can try to delete the Primary or secondary IDE channel from the device manager whichever your CD ROM drive is on, and then reboot.&nbsp; what OS do you have?
u mean uninstall it? [/b][/quote]
Yes uninstall it.

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine+Jul 2 2003, 07:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (OUTLAWS The Machine @ Jul 2 2003, 07:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Sacrifice@Jul 2 2003, 10:31 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 05:20 PM
remove it from the device manager then reboot. Also you can try to delete the Primary or secondary IDE channel from the device manager whichever your CD ROM drive is on, and then reboot.*&nbsp; what OS do you have?
u mean uninstall it?
Yes uninstall it. [/b][/quote]
how do i reinstall it then?

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

It will do it when you reboot. What OS do you have?

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 2 2003, 08:17 PM
It will do it when you reboot. What OS do you have?
i got xp

[Crism]

uninstall, restart the pc, and xp should rebuild the drivers

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by Crism@Jul 3 2003, 07:14 AM
uninstall, restart the pc, and xp should rebuild the drivers
tried that and it didnt work.. im just gonna diable that driver.

[OUTLAWS The Machine]

Sounds like you need a new drive then. I would replace it with a DVD ROM instead of a CD ROM. They are like &#036;30 at Newegg.

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS The Machine@Jul 3 2003, 09:20 AM
Sounds like you need a new drive then. I would replace it with a DVD ROM instead of a CD ROM. They are like &#036;30 at Newegg.
k ill check it out