Re: OS locks up after inserting CD

From: neil (neilp_67_at_hot_mail.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:17:27 GMT

Check the master & slave links on the CDRW & the new hard drive. I doubt
it's windows more likely the CDRW & the hard drive both set to the same
setting.

Neil
"Jason" <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B0885828-08D9-42E5-A8CE-7A045FA592FA@microsoft.com...
>I saw a similar post but my problem is slightly different. Everytime I
> insert a CD or try to access a CD in the drive (meaning autorun was turned
> on
> but then I turned it off to see if that was problem) Win locks up. If I
> take
> the CD out, my computer starts working fine again. This problem only
> showed
> up after installing a third hard drive on my system. I now have my C: and
> E:
> (two partitions on main drive) on Secondary Master. Another single
> partition
> drive on Secondary Slave. My CD-RW drive on Primary Master and my new
> third,
> single partioned, drive on Primary Slave. If I take the third drive out
> everything is fine, no problems with the CD-RW drive at all. I have a
> BioSTAR M7NCDP (nforce2 ultra chipset) motherboard. I have XP Pro SP1.
> So
> is this possibly something wrong with Windows (note that when no disc in
> drive Windows recongizes drive just fine) or bad IDE addressing by the
> motherboard? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated
> --
> I wish everyone was as humble as I am! ; }

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