why the freak do my cdrom drives disconnect?

[dowxp]

after some time, i dont know the pattern yet. both seem to stop recognizing... but can still burn.

 

[dowxp]

actuallly, windows still recognizes the drive... jsut that it doesnt read a disc.. even thoguh there is one.

 

[EY2K]

I have the same prob as well, but it only happens once in a blue moon and after my computer has been on and logged in for like a week straight. Anywayz, it only happens under Win2k. Me thinks it's the Via busmaster drivers from VIA service pack 4.32a that I had installed. Doesn't really bother me tho, cuz I log out and log back in w/o probs.

[edit] had to edit cuz I forgot to type something in the first time, woops! [/edit]

Hook 'em!

 

[dowxp]

<< Hook 'em! >>

yeah! where do you live? status\major

im a fish, Computer engineering. well, i justmoved the cables around and tookthe wide off the2nd channel and shared it withthe HD. hopefully.. that should be fine. DAMN VIA! ahha.blame it all on via.

 

[Bronxkid]

I'm having a similar problem on win 98. First it was my toshiba dvd drive, but now it seems like my liteon drive is having problems too. I put in a cd and the light goes on and off repeatedly and finally says the drive is inaccessible or there's nothing in the drive. Any solutions?

 

[EY2K]

<yeah! where do you live? status\major

im a fish, Computer engineering. well, i justmoved the cables around and tookthe wide off the2nd channel and shared it withthe HD. hopefully.. that should be fine. DAMN VIA! ahha.blame it all on via.>

Live off of Oltorf in Sth Austin. Currently a Jr majoring in Math w/ Actuarial Science. I did Electrical Eng. for 2 years and decided it wasn't for me. Took 2 years to figure out, ack! Anywayz, yes blame it on VIA. Tho for the most part I've never had any probs with them.

 

[stingray2]

I find that when I leave my machine on for days at a time, the IDE cables start working there way out of the cdroms. and when the move far enough, I start getting problems. i have to powerdown then push them back in. why dont that make those ide connections lock into place, they are kind of important. aren't they?

 

[KrispyKremer]

Same problem here, only I'm on an ancient P2-450 running Win2k with an ATI Radeon All In Wonder.

Could it be Nero? What burning software is everyone using?

I end up removing the device, rebooting, redetecting, rebooting - then things are fine for a couple days.