On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:21:46 EDT, Alex E Onslow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I recently brought a PC which has an odd CD-ROM. It is very temperamental -
>sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. What normally happens is it
>will work after you've booted the system, then it's performance, or more
>specifically its data retrieval speed will degrade until it stops working.
>Sometimes it just suddenly stops. After it has stopped working you can hear
>it trying to access the CD, but it never succeeds.
>In Windows XP, if you go to My Computer and click on the CD-ROM icon after
>it has stopped working, My Computer will stop responding.
>I've checked the EDIE cables are firmly connected. The drivers came
>pre-intalled, so I don't have them to reinstall them. What should I do?
>
>Alex Onslow
>
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I would replace the CD-Rom as it probably has a faulty laser unit which could be losing focus as it warms up, so is probably about to stop working at all.

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