Re: CD-ROM Woes
From: Neal Lavon (nlavon_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/06/05
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Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:04:00 -0500
I haven't tried it on another PC or switched them. Perhaps I'll give
that a shot. But the same thing has happened with other CDs in there,
so I'm not so sure it's the brand. There's some driver glitch that's
causing this but I can't figure out what it is. Thanks for the reply.
Neal Lavon
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:29:40 GMT, "Rich Barry"
<rbarryNot@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> Neal, did you try the Lite-On on another PC? Or try it as Master
>temporarily removing the Dvd Burner. Lite-On's have been very unreliable for
>me. But for others they work great.
>"Neal Lavon" <nlavon@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:tnpa015f2ik1bim9dgem9ge6ocou9e2eap@4ax.com...
>> Like others here, I have been having a CD-ROM issue with Windows XP
>> SP2. I have a basic vanilla Lite-On CD-ROM player (not burner) running
>> as a slave to a Plextor PX-708A DVD Burner. It used to be I got
>> intermittent reading of the CD-ROM player but now I get no response
>> from the CD-ROM whatsoever. It whirs and loads but usually the system
>> freezes soon after. I have icons for both the CD and the DVD and I can
>> read data and programs just fine from the DVD burner.
>>
>> I have Norton Utilities 2005 and the burner is Roxio Easy Media
>> Creator 7. I ran Microsoft Auto Fix with the CD drive in question and
>> got:
>>
>>
>> AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67]
>> Time [2005-02-05 12:56:23]
>> Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 2) <2600>]
>>
>> Test [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.] - Instance
>> [N/A]:
>> Result [AutoStart Setting]: OK
>> Result [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.]: OK
>>
>> Test [Policies] - Instance [F:\, Drive Type: 5]:
>> Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
>> Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
>> Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Present}
>> Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
>> Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
>> Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Absent}
>> Result [Driver level policies]: OK {
>> HKLM\...\Services\cdrom!Autorun (Present) <Allows>
>> HKLM\...\Services\cdrom\Parameters!Autorun (Absent) <Allows>
>> HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysEnable (Absent) <Not set>
>> HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysDisable (Absent) <Not set> }
>>
>> Test [Drive Notification] - Instance [F:\, Drive Type: 5]:
>> Result [Legacy Notification]: OK
>> Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems {
>> Service (Silent)
>> Shell (Deaf) }
>> >> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event]
>> Step: No steps to take.
>> Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device
>> is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem.
>>
>>>> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None
>>
>> Now, I'm at the end of my rope with this. The Device Manager says it
>> is working fine although it calls it and the DVD-ROM drive "SCSI"
>> devices although they are plugged into the IDE ports on the
>> motherboard. Anyway, the DVD works okay. Nor do I get any code errors
>> with the CD-ROM, it just doesn't work.
>>
>> I did go the regedit route and found the
>> 4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 key and found for Lower Filters:
>> Type: REG_MULTI-ZA Data: PxHelp20 PFC Cdr4_xp
>> It has the same filed backed up (with a .bak extension)
>>
>> The Upper Filters:
>> Type REG_MULTI-SZ Data incdrm InCDPass GEARAspiWDM Cdralw2k pwd_2k
>> It too has another file with the .bak extension.
>>
>> I haven't done anything yet but this problem is driving me nuts.
>> Thanks for any help...
>
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