re: DVD drive intermittenly losing access.
Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 12:11 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MSR
(196 messages posted)
It's a drive problem, or the media you are trying is damaged. If the problem is
as bad as this you could try a cleaning disk but mostly you have to clean the lens
with alchohol (not whisky!). The lens could be out of alignment ,the spindle may
require lubricating or the clamp may be greasy. If the drive or pc is still under
warranty return it for repair. Replacement drives are quite inexpensive these days
and easy to fit. If you take the drive apart, remove it from the power supply first.
On Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 10:46 pm, DanielSan wrote:
>At random, my DVD drive seems to lose its mind. ;-) It will work sometimes but
>not others. I place a CD or DVD into the drive and nothing happens. Windows Explorer
>will state that there is nothing in the drive (there is!), or it'll find the disc
>and it'll be empty, or, sometimes (rarely) it'll work correctly.
>
>Also, during a 3D game (Black and White, for example), the computer locks up with
>a steady HDD LED for about 5 minutes before giving control again for about 10 seconds
>before locking up for 5 more minutes...etc.
>
>It does not do this during normal use of the computer (I.E., 3D rendering, video
>editing, websurfing, etc.) and seems that it only does this during games.
>
>Anyone got a clue what's going on? I'm stumped.
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