The old cdroms: 2/4/8 speed can't read the new disks that are being made
with the high speed writers.
There are lots of formats to write in and the one that is the quickest is
not always compatiable with the older drives.
You can get a patch download from I think Adaptec that corrects this. Talk
about reverse engineering. Before I got my 24 speed I never really had any
problems with my good old double speed.

Good luck,

Jay Johnston

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Gibson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Help with CD ROM that won't start


>Hi Michael--
>
>A shot in the dark. Your problem exhibits *some* of the symptoms I had
>with a customer's CD ROM drive (hers was sluggish and took forever to be
>read from). To try the fix, go to Control Panel>System>Device Manager,
>choose the Settings tab under Properties for the specific drive listed.
>If "DMA" is checked in the Options area, clear the check box. You may
>have to reboot to enjoy any benefit from this tip. This made all the
>difference in the world for my problem.
>
>HTH
>Dave Gibson
>[log in to unmask]
>
>> Date:    Sat, 5 Dec 1998 21:06:25 -0500
>> From:    "Michael A. Wosnick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Help with CD ROM that won't start
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a baffling problem with my CD Drive. It plays audio CDs just
>> fine, and some of my data CDs autostart just fine. But I have had
>> intermittent problems with some of the data CDs that do not start, and do
>> not allow me to start them manually (i.e. when I try to access the drive
>> with a CD in it, I get an error message saying that the drive is not
>> accessible).
>>
>> Now I have purchased a new program on CD and every time I try to install
it,
>> the CD drive light goes on, the HDD light goes on, and that is the end of
>> it. I get hung every time. The only escape is a hard reset. I have tried

>> over and over, but to no avail.
>>
>> I know the CD is not defective, since I can get it to autostart just fine
in
>> another computer. So, there must be something wrong with my drive. But
since
>> some CDs work, and all audio CDs work, it can't be a universal fatal
>> problem.
>
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