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CD-ROM Drive Just died

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spoma

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Is it possible for a CD-Rom drive to just die out of no wear? It was working fine and I went up to dinner and when I came back it just wouldn't work. It powers up and dos finds it and windows finds it. But if I put a cd into it it just ejects it and my computer "not responding" in task manager. I tried it in two pcs with the same results and have used others that work fine. Any suggestions?
 
When you describe your problem it sounds like some elctronics inside the drive has fried.
Have you checked IDE cables?
 
I had that exact problem with my Wearnes 32x max cd rom drive last year and never did find the problem. I even took it apart looking for something to be fried on the board and I found absolutely nothing to the naked eye. I'd say that your drive is unlikely to start working again because mine was exactly as you described ie. detected by the bios but just not recognizing any cds at all, and I never got it to work again. Hope i'm wrong but I somehow doubt it.
 
when I swapped drives that verified that the IDE cables and IDE ports on my mobo both worked. I to took the entire drive apart and looked through and didn't see any loose souldier joints or any that were fried. I guess I chalk it up and go buy a new one. Just in time for christmas great.
 
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