Hello catherine,

Sunday, April 21, 2002, 11:03:20 AM, you wrote:

cw> I have an ASUS CD-Rom ( S500/a 50x ) running in my Pentium
cw> 166 with Win98 SE that has worked well since I bought it
cw> last month. Since yesterday however, whenever I try to
cw> access it, the screen simply freezes. Not even Ctrl-Alt-Del
cw> helps to free the cursor. The drive shows up during POST
cw> and in Windows Device Manager and there's no
cw> yellow "?" against the entry. I have checked all the
cw> connections and they're OK. The CD is on its own cable as
cw> Secondary Master. The light flickers when I click
cw> on e:\ ( my CD drive ), then remains on and the screen
cw> freezes. Funny thing is, I can hear it spinning.
cw> Can someone help? Thanks.

cw> Cathy

It seems that you bought a gold button (500$) to an old cotton jeans.
Try the following:
First, remove CD from IDE connectors and see if the system is stable.
Second, remove your CD from Control Panel/System/Device Manager.
Third, You'd better to install new CD on another IDE connector as the
second Master. HDD and CD shouldn't to be on the same IDE!
Fourth, try to reinstall your new CD.


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Best regards,
 Yakymakha

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