- dvd drive won't always play cds.
- Posted by russellmz on December 7th, 2003
hey,
my dvd drive someimes has a hard time "waking up" when i first use
after i reboot my computer. on startup the dvd drive light blinks and
blinks until either the comuter gets bored or it realizes that the dvd
drive is still there.
when i first use the dvd drive with a cd already in it, it is usually
a gamble as to whether it will see it or not. if it doesn't i usually
put in a dvd and play it, then this seems to "wake up" the drive
sometimes and the cd gets recognized when i put it in. the dvd that i
use to wake it up is a dvd lens cleaner, but i have to do it fairly
often so i am pretty sure it's not a dirty lens.
sometimes the dvd drive never stops blinking and i can't get it to
eject without rebooting.
any ideas?
computer info:
dell 600mhz
win98se
samsung dvd-rom sd-608:
firmware version 2.2
options checked in properties:
disconnect, auto-insert notification, dma
driver:
4/23/99
provider microsoft
thanks,
russellmz
- Posted by °Mike° on December 7th, 2003
It might be a dirty SHIFT key.
On 7 Dec 2003 13:15:37 -0800, in
<68a3cc66.0312071315.29144334@posting.google.com >
russellmz scrawled:
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Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
- Posted by russellmz on December 8th, 2003
°Mike° <ZHNTPDWBLECA@fcnzzbgry.pbz> wrote in message news:<3fdc9fbe.2425323@localhost.dot.net>...
no °mike°, it's not that.
- Posted by °Mike° on December 9th, 2003
On 8 Dec 2003 15:19:36 -0800, in
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russellmz scrawled:
bUt it MIGht havE bEeN.
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