-=PCTechTalk=- Re: CR-RWR freezes system WINMe
- From: Foxhillers@xxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, CGWillow@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:00:40 EST
Thanks, Trevnal, I'll put this on my list of things to do tomorrow.
mjh
In a message dated 1/15/03 6:29:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
trev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> First, if you boot up in safe mood, you only get the most basic of drivers
> for the PC to work ,so you get no decent graphics drivers or CD ROM drivers
> etc.
>
> Turn off the pc, remove the ribbon and power cable to the CD drive, and also
> the ribbon cable for the motherboard.
>
> Turn the machine on and remove any reference to it in the device manager.
> ( Also uninstall any CD burning software, making notes of serial numbers
> etc. Only do this if you are sure of serial numbers etc)
>
> Turn the machine off and make sure all the connections are clean etc and
> dust free etc.
>
> Reboot the machine and see what happens when you try to read a CD only in
> the drive. If that works try the burning software etc also.
>
> If that fails, find a friend to let you try the CD ROM drive in a another
> computer and see what happens then in case it is a hard ware problem with
> that drive.
>
> Other than that I am also at a loss, sorry,
>
> Trevnal
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> Since it's not available in safe mode maybe the trouble is not software. Is
> the CD-RW showing up in the BIOS?
> Try installing it in another system to see if it's picked by Windows then.
> Sincerely,
> Rob Henderson
>
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