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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: bunbun008 on October 01, 2007, 09:00:49 AM

Title: CD Rom Not Working, won't read nor write
Post by: bunbun008 on October 01, 2007, 09:00:49 AM

My CD Rom won't read nor write info to a cd ???; tells me I have to insert cd.   :'( My a drive will not work either, tells me same thing.  I'm using the following: (Win XP)


[ SONY CD-RW CRX216E ] 
   
  Optical Drive Properties: 
   Device Description   SONY CD-RW CRX216E 
   Manufacturer   Sony 
   Device Type   CD-RW 
   
  Writing Speeds: 
   CD-R   48x 
   CD-RW   32x 
   
  Reading Speeds: 
   CD-ROM   48x 
   
  Device Manufacturer: 
   Company Name   Sony Electronics Inc. 
    [ Floppy disk drive ] 
   
  Device Properties: 
   Driver Description   Floppy disk drive 
   Driver Date   7/1/2001 
   Driver Version   5.1.2600.0 
   Driver Provider   Microsoft 
   INF File   flpydisk.inf 
   
 [ ST380011A ] 
   
  Device Properties: 
   Driver Description   ST380011A 
   Driver Date   7/1/2001 
   Driver Version   5.1.2535.0 
   Driver Provider   Microsoft 
   INF File   disk.inf 
   
  Disk Device Physical Info: 
   Manufacturer   Seagate 
   Hard Disk Name   Barracuda 7200.7 80011 
   Form Factor   3.5" 
   Formatted Capacity   80 GB 
   Disks   1 
   Recording Surfaces   2 
   Physical Dimensions   146.56 x 101.85 x 26.1 mm 
   Max. Weight   544 g 
   Average Rotational Latency   4.16 ms 
   Rotational Speed   7200 RPM 
   Max. Internal Data Rate   683 Mbit/s 
   Average Seek   8.5 ms 
   Interface   Ultra-ATA/100 
   Buffer-to-Host Data Rate   100 MB/s 
   Buffer Size   2 MB 
   Spin-Up Time   10 sec 
   
  Device Manufacturer: 
   Company Name   Seagate Technology LLC 

Title: Re: CD Rom Not Working, won't read nor write
Post by: Richenstony on October 01, 2007, 09:09:03 AM

Ok you could try this method

Step 1: Start Registry Editor
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Registry Editor starts.

Step 2: Delete the UpperFilters registry entry
1.   In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
2.   Expand SYSTEM, and then expand CurrentControlSet.
3.   Expand Control, and then expand Class.
4.   Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.
5.   In the right pane (topic area), click UpperFilters.

Note An UpperFilters.bak registry entry may also appear. To delete the UpperFilters registry entry, you must click UpperFilters and not UpperFilters.bak.
6.   On the Edit menu, click Delete.
7.   When you receive the following message, click Yes to confirm the deletion of the UpperFilters registry entry:
Are you sure you want to delete this value?

Step 3: Delete the LowerFilters registry entry
1.   In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
2.   Expand SYSTEM, and then expand CurrentControlSet.
3.   Expand Control, and then expand Class.
4.   Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.
5.   In the right pane (topic area), click LowerFilters.

Note An LowerFilters.bak registry entry may also appear. To delete the LowerFilters registry entry, you must click LowerFilters and not LowerFilters.bak.
6.   On the Edit menu, click Delete.
7.   When you receive the following message, click Yes to confirm the deletion of the LowerFilters registry entry:
Are you sure you want to delete this value?
The LowerFilters registry entry is removed from the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} registry subkey.
8.   Exit Registry Editor.

Its from the mircosoft site but i think it would of been easier posting it here...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/EN-US/

Goodluck :)

Title: Re: CD Rom Not Working, won't read nor write
Post by: patio on October 01, 2007, 03:53:18 PM

If that doesn't work the drive may be bad...to test this swap it into another working machine...same symptoms the drive needs to be replaced.