Did you replace the ribbon connector?

S. Beck

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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] DVDRW Drive

See if this link is relative to the problem..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529

Ken Hollingsworth

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Subject: [PCBUILD] DVDRW Drive
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I hope someone can help with this problem.  I was in the midst of burning a
movie (an image on the hard drive) to a DVD+R disk when the electricity in
the house went out.  Needless to say, my computer shutdown unceremoniously.
Everything is fine except now the DVDRW (TDK420N drive) unit refuses to
recognize a disc (any disc!).  The drive itself appears in My Computer and
the Device Manager indicates no problems.  Thus far, I've tried uninstalling
the driver and reinstalling it (rebooting in the process), to no avail.
Then I unplugged the ribbon from the unit and the IDE connector on the
motherboard and let it sit for about fifteen minutes, also to no avail.  As
a last resort (and mostly due to major frustration), I shut it down,
unplugged it from the power source and let it sit for a couple of hours.
When it rebooted, there was a message i
ndicating that there had been a "fatal error" (and did I want to report it .
. .).  I was taken to the Windows web site and learned it was due to a
faulty or corrupt driver.  So, I updated the drivers as suggested but, it
made no difference.  Is it possible to ruin a DVDRW drive like this?  Please
tell me there's a way to fix this danged thing!  Any and all suggestions
will be greatly appreciated. (running Windows XP; 2.5Ghz AMD Athlon; DFI
KT400A MO)

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