Gary W South wrote:

> I have a friend whose CD-ROM works intermittently but most of the time not at
> all. When you try to run a music CD or data CD it says
>
> Q:\ is not accessible
> The device is not ready
>
> I tried checking all the connections for the cables. They seem ok. Any ideas
> what could cause this. As I said, it will work occasionally.
>
> In device manager it says "this device is working properly". Under Driver Tab
> it says "no driver files are required or loaded".
>
> System is a Packard Bell 233 Mhz, 32 MB RAM, 24X Goldstar CD-ROM Model
> CRD-8240B.

This message is telling you that the CD-ROM has hardware problem, possible the
controller chip. Your friend will need a replacement drive. If the drive is still
under warrantee, he can contact Packard Bell.

Jun Qian

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