CD ROM will work if disk is autorun but..........

[mrbaca2u]

If I put in any other disk that is not an auto run it tells me to "please insert disk".  I am running a 2000 machine and the rom is an older rom but it worked fine before I rebuilt this machine.  Any help is greatly appreciated.


TNX

[GX1_Man]

It is jumpered correctly and seen correctly in the BIOS?

No CD will work - commercial, home made or othjerwise unless autorun/

How old is it? Do you have another drive you could slip in there to test with, and test this drive on another machine?

What spyware/virus protection is being used regularly?

[mrbaca2u]

The  jumpers are good it is the exact same hardware config I had on it for a couple of years.  I do have spybot and adaware running all the time.  I just reloaded the OS a couple of days ago (using the cd rom).  I was able to load the motherboard drivers I had on disk and all the agp/pci devices.  I poped in the midows office cd and it starts.  I even put in other cds with autorun and it still can't  see any other cd.  I'll put in a drive from one of my other machines and try that................it's about 4 years old but was hoping to save it.

[GX1_Man]

Sometimes the optics and other functtions go long before the mechanics  (drive still opens, etc.). Is it recognized in device manager? No exclamation marks by the CDROM? What make/model/speed?