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CD drive will not open, right before it quit working the green status light started flashing from Green to Red, stayed red for a while, now no light and will not open...
took the PC apart and made sure no dust buildup was there, disconnected the drive, then after that it turned on for maybe a minute, now back to the same thing????
any suggestions?
Prolly gonna have to buy another drive.
^^^^ If that's the case Castle, they're pretty inexpensive. Here's a link for some below, it may even be easier just to hit Wally World.
NewEgg
Yeah I definitely agree with the other guys - sounds to me like it's dying and needs to be replaced.
Might be worth trying to reinstall the drivers, just in case somehow a driver got corrupted.
Doesn't really sound like a driver issue.
When you reconnected the drive, did it make any noises before it stopped working again?
FWIW, Blue and Lung's suggestion is probably your best bet. It sounds to me like the drive has gone tits up. I haven't looked in a long time, but WalMart used to have a LiteOn DVD-RW drive for around $80. I've been using one for the last 8 months, heavy use (burn 7-10 discs a week, archiving photos and home movies) and it performs flawlessly.
I agree that the drive probably is goofy but if it worked for a bit then didn't and probably looking at replacing drive, never hurts to do the extra few minutes to reinstall drivers...seen crazier stuff [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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I agree that the drive probably is goofy but if it worked for a bit then didn't and probably looking at replacing drive, never hurts to do the extra few minutes to reinstall drivers...seen crazier stuff [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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When it's M$, anything can work. But I'd say if the drivers were screwed, then it wouldn't have worked at all.
drivers were fine, checked all of that..
don't have the time to mess and mess with it, prolly just gonna buy a new one
by the way lung, great cd's, having to play them on the 360 now since the PC is jacked..
clear cache, cookies, reset the modem, restart the computer, force dns. haha, nah im playin. A little sykes humor.