Re: my game CD-ROM wont start its started before but not now

William Andersen wrote:
I have the same problem and don't know what happened. I've been running WinXP for several months and have used the CD before. My DVD player works.
It shows up every where, but it never shows a CD in it and when I try to open it nothing happens. When I insert a CD, the read light blinks but then goes out.
Device Manager says its working properly.
"RobertVA" <robert_c72AThotmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23JtCe5$gGHA.4656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
william c wrote:
please can someone give me some advise on how i should get it go read my CD-ROM
Any CD ROM or a particular one? Please Identify the title. Do music CDs work? Does the disk show when you "explore" the drive in Windows Explorer? Does the drive show when you "Explore" My computer in Windows Explorer? Does the computer list the CD drive when the Power On Self Test (POST) runs before loading Windows?

Unfortunately the device manager can't be expected to verify that every bit of hardware ALL the way to the lasers and photo detectors is operating properly. If you can explore the file directories of DVDs but are unable to either explore data/application CDs or play audio CDs you may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head components.
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