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    - XP slowdown + best 5 1/4" bay HD caddy please :-) Sorry for possibly OT:'ing again but, it takes sooooo long trawling around for hardware on websites and reviews, and there's bound to be kind soul in here who knows all about hard-disk caddy's / removable hard-disk bays. ...little bit of background... I just know that I'm going to flatten this system soon ! It was like greased lightening after its' fresh install, with new motherboard and cpu and SATA hd's early last year. I've never pinned down what's slowing it down - I've been looking for that, on and off, ever since. I repair installed my XP Home ed. a few weeks ago, and dragged it back up to scratch - still no sign of that breathtaking responsiveness that was only there for its' first few weeks - last year. That's not to say it's slow - it's pretty responsive, ...and quite useable, ...and reliable, ...and it is VERY robust. ....but, ...I keep thinking I would like to rearrange the innards of my old Lian-Li PC-60 slightly so that my boot hd is in a hd caddy, which I can yank it out, and install from scratch onto a new hd, in a much more gradual and methodical fashion, at my leisure, over a period of days, and a few weeks maybe, whilst retaining "this" XP Home ed. installation for "normal" use, until I can permanently move, to my more "methodically built" XP Home ed. paltform. I really would like to pin-down, where the "slow-down" occurs. (PleeeeeeZ no EULA lectures...:-) I've spent considerable time, in bits, looking into this for several months. I keep an eye on running processes, hd bus mastering is working lovely i.e. hd transfer speed is excellent, I've looked, in detail, into every bios option, KB869256 didn't solve it, I've pruned out Windows services several times, rather I've "preened" my windows ....I digress.... Lian-Li removeable IDE hd-bay/hd caddies are quite expensive when I last spotted them on a site somewhere, a long time ago, and I don't know if they make SATA ones nowadays, ...I guess they do. ...and I don't want the cheaper plastic ones for obvious reasons, so does anyone know for half-decent quality hd bays and caddies ? TIA regards, Richard Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330612
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    - Cannot connect to the printer operation could not be completed I used to have two desktops A & B, they have internet sharing and printer sharing , they were working fine. Desktop A XP Professional SP2 PC has got two printers (HP and Samsung) connected directly (USB cable), and Printer sharing is turned on . I bought another Desktop to replace B, because B is an old PC. From the Desktop B, when attempting to chose the option : Code: -------------------- A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer -------------------- , to add a shared printer , I can browse and see the printers name (hp and Samsung), however, when I attempt to connect both of them, I get the following error: Code: -------------------- cannot connect to the printer operation could not be completed error -------------------- Do I need to have admin account with their passwords on both Desktop to be able to share the printers ? -- zillah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zillah's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=24915 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=952528 http://forums.techarena.in Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330611
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    - Error message lsass.exe and an invalid parameter Hi Am trying to do repair install when it starts up to the install windows screen it says I have and error named lsass.exe and an ivalid parameter was passed to a service or function. Any ideas how I can resolve this issue please -- B J G Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330608
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    - usb mem stick format on other? i work in a small office, i use a usb mem stick on the different pc's but i im getting an error when i put stick in a different pc, it says need formatting. when i use on other pc's except the one i originally put data on. -- fender62 Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330606
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    - Gameport doesn't work on XP Recently I bought a new computer. It doesn't have a gameport, so I installed my old sound card (Creative SB) in it. Windows (XP Professional) identified the card and gameport, and installed their drivers. The soundcard really works now (although I have an audio device included in the motherboard - it's Intel DG31PR, if it makes any difference). But the gameport doesn't work - it claims the joystick is "not connected". I tried every solution I found in the Knowledge Base, but none helped. Strangely, the soundcard was installed at I/O port 0xD000 instead of 220H. Windows doesn't let me change it. I checked with Intel, and the motherboard doesn't assign any I/O ports, so it must be windows (they hinted that it may be a registery issue). I don't know if it is related to the gameport issue, as the soundcard itself works fine. I'll alos comment that these very soundcard and joystick worked on the old computer. I'd thank any help. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330600
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    - Removable Storage Libraries How do I add my DVD burner into Libraries folder? Suddendly it disappeared on me, I have stop the "Removable Storage" service, wait for 5 seconds, and restart again, nothing. No luck. Johnny Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330591
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    - Modifying Advanced Com Port Properties Hello, I have a user that requires changes to the Com Port Advanced Properties (Device Mgr>>Ports>>Com1>>Properties>>Port Settings>>Advanced). The next thing I see is the message "You must have write privileges in the registry for this device in order to modify the devices advanced settings". This is being attempted from an admin-level local user account, so it is unclear where these privileges would originate other than Administrator-level permissions. This appears to be a default setting as it is the same on every one of several PCs I have looked at in researching this up to this point. I have also looked at the registry for any clues, but hate to rummage through there more than necessary. Has anyone had occasion to modify these settings and how did you do it? TIA SavoirFaire <<SavoirFaire is Everywhere!>> Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330587
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    - Help on dead hard disk My 2.5" SATA hard disk suddenly fails to boot up. It just boots to the first Windows XP logo and then shuts off and cycles it. I would like to save out the data on the hard disk before I throw it away. Is there any possible way to retrieve the data? Your advice is highly appreciated. Thanks, Scott Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330585
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    - Problem w/Iomega CD/RW Device I have an Iomega CD/DVD RW device which isn't working with XP Pro. According to Iomega it needs no driver or program update to be used with Win XP. When I try to make a copy or create a disc it won't recognize my laptop's CD drive to put the files on. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the help. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330578
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    - HD TV My config - Intel P4 3G (Prescott) Mobo - Asus P4P800-SE (i865P/PE/G/i848p rev. A2)+ 8280EB (ICH5) rev. 02 Memory - Kingston PC3200 1.5G Display - Radeon 9550 (AGP8X) Problem in playing HD TV files. I use the Gomplayer to play the HD TV. Although it can run the file, it freezes. Any recommendations for my hardware to play the HDTV? Shall I change the display card? Which model (AGP)? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330573
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    - How many monitors? Can anybody tell, why Device Manager shows two display adapters and three monitors in my XP box - all present and in good state? I have only one Dell LCD monitor, connected to the digital port of a Gigabyte GA-G333M (onboard Intel G33 video) Once the monitor was plugged into the VGA connector. Is this a bug of the Intel display driver or what? All this works well (knocking on the wood) but now I need to find the *real* adapter and monitor by code. Regards, --PA Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330563
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    - Computer dead Hello - I have a 5 year old Gateway Media Center XP. In the last year I've replaced the hard drive and the bios battery. Last night, without warning my computer shut completely down - just went black. I tried restarting to no avail. Nothing turns on - not the fans or a hiss of the hard drive. I unplugged the computer overnight - did not start this morning. I opened it up, the only sign of electricity is a green light on the motherboard that lights up when the power is connected. Thoughts/ suggestions? Thank you, Tom Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330559
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    - ATI 256mb cards prevent hibernation in XP I have a DELL Vostro and an ATI 256Mb card (WIN XP PRO SP2). I can put the PC into hibernate but when it comes out of hibernation it freezes up with a BLUE screen saying there is a problem with the ATI2DVAG driver. I have searched the NET for updates but this is the current driver. I have noticed in a number of other computers with these 256Mb cards and they always play havoc with hibernation. I don;t think you can hibernate a PC with these cards in place. Worse still even if you remove the card the problem persists as remnants of the driver are hard to remove. is there a fix for this? I have emailed DELL but I can guaratee they won't have a fix for this. i am sure others have this problem but it appears that if you want hibernation then you need to get rid of these cards.. Thanks in advance Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330547
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    - Low disc space Hi everyone, I've got a really dumb I know nothing about computers question, so please be patient... I keep getting low disc space on my c drive and do the clean up and delete some things but it's an ongoing problem that gets on my nerves. Is there anyway to buy a plug in or something to give me more harddrive space? so I don't keep running out of space. Thanks for any answers Rhian Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330534
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    - Setting up modem I'm trying to set up the modem so I could make calls from my Outlook. The problem is we first dial 9 before dialing the destination number. How do we go about it in modem settings? I tried setting 9 into the 'To acces an outside line...' but this doesnt work. What is the proper way to do it then. Thanks yaro Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330533
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    - 64bit hardware Is there a way to test and see if the hardware on your computer is 64bit ready? Thank you, David Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330532
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    - 'USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned' Error with Hi, I am using Western Digital's 120GB Passport (External USB drive). Model Number: WD 1200XMSC It was working fine with my Dell laptop (Windows Vista-Home Basic) and my Office PC (Win XP). I was able to copy files from Laptop/ PC to HDD and vice-versa. One worst day, I printed some pics on my Home Canon IP4000 Printer by commenting it to USB port. When printing was done I removed Printer connection and shutDown the laptop. Next day when I Attached my WD External drive I got this Error saying -"One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message." When I clicked the message I got A DialogBox stating USB's status as Unknown USB device!!! With my fingers crossed, I tried connecting my WD HardDisk to my Office PC(Win XP). I got the same Error. Can anybody please help me here? ++Thanks P.J. Soni _____________ Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330523
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    - Pci express question? well i have an msi k9n6gm motherboard with a 16x pci express slot. i put the card in just like any other pci card pushing both ends in firmly. now i was wondering do i pull it out like a normal pci card? or is it like agp (left to right motion whilst pulling out) this is my motherboard http://www.msimiami.com/images/images_products/K9N6SGM-V.jpg in case anyone needs a look there's the link to a pic for my motherboard. i believe there is no lock on the pci express slot. but any help with this is greatly appreciated since i am new to pci express and my gpu fan is dying for some reason so i gotta send it back in. thanks alot for your time with this matter. Chris. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330520
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    - FAT32 Memory Cards I bought a 8GB microSD to use in my Smartphone. It works fine in the phone but it does not work in any of my card readers. It does not show up as a removable drive on my laptop or PC with WinXP SP2. Another oddity, using Windows Media Player 11 with the phone using a 2GB (FAT16) card WM would sync my playlists. Not with the 8GB card although I can drag and drop the music onto the card through WM. Not quite a handy as syncing playlists. Any thoughts? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330516
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    - CD Rom not recognized - Code 19 My system won't recogize my CD Rom drive and I'm getting the code 19 error. I've removed the upper/lower filters in the registry I've ran the cdgone executable I purchase a new drive and still get the same error. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330509
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    - Attn:philo - LCD Monitor (sorry used too many L's) You stated your girlfriend uses a sceptre monitor for Photoshop. What model? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330502
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    - Attn:phillo - LCD Monitor You stated your girlfriend uses a sceptre monitor for Photoshop. What model? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330501
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    - XP PC - bootup stuck at 1st bootup screen I have a PC that runs Windows XP that I have been using for a few years. It is custom built using an MSI 865GM3-LS motherboard and an Intel Pentium CPU. On booting up it now gets stuck at the first bootup screen which displays an MSI logo on the top left corner, and Intel Pentium Logo on the lower right corner and some text in the middle that reads "8Xtreme Series", "Performance, Durability, Stability", I have reset the CMOS by setting the jumper to reset it, but still have the same problem. Help!! What is wrong? Is the motherboard bad, is it the battery, what is it? Thanks!! Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330500
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    - Guarding against file transfer errors between media Is there a way to ensure error-free file transfers between different media - especially between a computer and an external drive (USB2) ? Using such drives here it is sometimes found that some files (not any particular type) would be corrupt or damaged. This does not happen in any alarming proportions but does happen. At random and not confined to any particular machine or device. All drives checked out okay physically as well as in CHKDSK. Does the USB2 process itself include an error percentage, BTW ? Any insights would be highly appreciated. TIA. Avatar ------- Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330487
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    - windows xp add hardware wizard stops with error code 10 Hi a friend booted up her computer this morning and the keyboard would not work. It is a ps2 type connection, purple plug. She went into device manager but it is not showing an entry for a keyboard but there is an unidentified entry. She tried updating the unidentified entry but it cannot find any drivers. She then went to control panel and ran the add hardware wizard but it stopped with an error code ten. Thinking the keyboard was faulty sheI unplugged it and tried running the add hardware wizard without the keyboard attached but still got the same error message. When she ran the keyboard icon from control panel on the hardware tab the window is blank. Any suggestions as to why the add hardware wizard will stop with an error even with no keyboard attached? I will be going to see her tomorrow and she is at present just using her mouse and the onscreen keyboard to try to solve this problem. I have no further info than I have already told you. Thanks, Tracy Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330486
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    - Nic never working - Realtek 8139 I have a great problem on XP Pro Sp2. Notice: Hardware P4 dual and nic realtek 8139 fully working. Tested with any kind of Linux. No virus. No troyan. Tried sfc/scannnow and reinstallation over current XP starting from CD. I've tried everything, even started with UBCD4Win (avoiding the lock on hardware profiles in the registry) and deleting every reg entry I can found bounded to the nic, and every drivers present in the HD, inf, and even from .cab archive cache. I have disabled the nic, installed a new one, and I got the same problem again. I've serched hidden nic, but I don't see any other nic ( Tested various drivers, from the original bounded with the nic (and is for XP) to new realtek update of this year. NOTHING! Everytime I reinstall the nic/driver, everything seems OK, but finally XP says (sorry for traslation because my system is Italian located) that it can find a file. I don't know what file because it says nothing about this file. Every kind of driver i tested say that. Do you have any procedure to check every single step XP do to reach that bad result? A system to debug the problem step, by step finding why Xp end to that result? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330484
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    - Serious AUDIO DEVICE problem; due to sp2 Microsoft update install. Alrighty. I called Microsoft to get some help with my system restore. Was having some issues with it; it wasn't working. The first time I downloaded Windows XP SP2 from your website, my system restore disappeared. I called Microsoft, they connected to me, and within a couple of hours it was fixed. THEN, microsoft manually re-downloaded SP2 for me "AGAIN". As soon as we got off the telephone, I realized that my AUDIO DRIVER was no longer working. My drivers are all screwed up to no end. I cannot find any in my system that work and when I try to redownload them from TOSHIBA (I HAVE A SATELLITE), they are not updating or even redownloading properly. Microsoft did this to me and I don't have a CD, it was a floor model and I never got around to buying a restore disk. What Microsoft failed to realize is that TOSHIBA SATELLITES CANNOT BE UPDATED WITH SP2. I am not the only one with a TOSHIBA SATELLITE that has had this issue. A number of forums discuss this issue and even some of the greatest hackers out there cannot figure this one out (it seems easy to fix, but it is not). I believe there is something screwey with my registry too. Please help me, call me, connect with me, and fix your mistake. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330476
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    - Random crashes - please help? Hello, I was hoping someone in here could help me with a problem I've been having with my computer crashing. I'm not exactly sure when this all started, but it was well over a year ago (my computer is about 4 years old). About every 30 days or so my computer would just restart. I didn't think much of it since it only happened about once a month. But then it started happening more often. So I turned off the auto-restarts and started looking at the BSOD's and sending error reports to Microsoft. The BSOD's weren't always the same.. I'd get anything from DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PAGEFAULT_IN_A_NON_PAGED_AREA, or something else. And it's VERY random! Sometime I'll get a BSOD after 2 days.. sometimes in a week.. the longest I've gone without a blue screen is 42 days. A couple times the error report said that it was my anti-virus program causing the problem. The computer came with Norton AV 2000 installed. But when the subscription ran out.. I uninstalled Norton and installed Avast. Microsoft advised that I check services to see if I don't have two AV programs running at the same time. I have AVG Anti Spyware and Spybot S&D installed which are compatible with Avast. So that can't be the problem. I've also been told it might be a memory problem.. or a driver problem. The last BSOD said that the crash was caused by a device driver.. but how can I find out ~which~ driver? I looked at the event viewer and this is what was in it.. Event Type: Error Event Source: System Error Event Category: (102) Event ID: 1003 Date: 4/12/2008 Time: 1:33:01 PM User: N/A Description: Error code 1000000a, parameter1 00000004, parameter2 0000001c, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 804e1476. I've been researching this problem online for so long.. but can't seem to narrow down what the problem could be. Could anyone please help? I'm at wits end. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!! Some info on my system: It's a Pentium IV 2.80Ghz 504 MB of Ram and a 160 GB hard drive Running Windows XP Home Edition (v.2002) Service Pack 2 Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330470
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    - plug and play portable hard drive Obtained powerd s u b hub .Computer regognized the new hardware. However when I plu in the external hard drive I can't seem to find it.It does not appear in my computer box What did I not do right thank you maglor -- thank you Maglor Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330467
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    - ZF561402.CAB My msoffice got problems. So I reinstall the program. As it runs through the process, I get an error that the program cannot find the 'ZF561402.cab' file. The file is not located on the disk. ... Please help. Thanks. Gan Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330461
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    - Any USB DOS mouse drivers (useful for some boot disks, etc)? (Before anyone asks: yes, I know there are a couple of DOS newsgroups on the microsoft server, but they are unpopulated (been "there" already). So I'm looking for that here, since I'm using WinXP, and this seems the best place to ask). I'm looking for a USB mouse driver for DOS access (for a new Dell without USB legacy BIOS support). Some boot disks use DOS, but I can't find any USB mouse drivers that work for me. I've been doing some research on the net, and in the Dell user forums, and know some such drivers do exist, but: 1. There is no legacy USB support "option" in my new Dell Windows XP computer's BIOS, but the "USB controller" option in BIOS is enabled, of course. 2. I've tried "usbmice" (with OCHI and UHCI drivers), and also DUSE, but none of them work on my PC with a simple optical mouse. Does anybody know of any others? 3. If a driver doesn't exist that will work on this PC, would it instead be possible to add some I/O card (or a PS/2 card) and get a PS/2 mouse instead, or something along those lines, to allow for mouse support (in these DOS boot disks, or other DOS apps)? Thanks, if anyone has any ideas! Bill Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330459
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    - MS Keyboard 4000 I just bought a MS Keyboard 4000 and had a question. How can I set up the hibermation feature since the keyboard does not have a sleep or hibernation key? Is there a command string I can use for that? Thanks in advance. ~J~ Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330458
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    - Device Manager questions I see two of the following in the Device Manager with yellow icons containing an "!" HID Non-User Input Data Filter The Properties/General and Driver tabs shows the same data for both of them. The General tab has the following info: Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37) I believe one is for the keyboard and one is for the mouse. Are these the code that for the extended keys on the keyboard and extended buttons on the mouse? Does it make sense that drive is the same for both of them? On the Details tab the strings are different. There is also a HID-compliant device entry in the Device Manager. What is this for? Also two USB Human Interface Devices. These last three do not have the ! icon attached. The reason I'm interested is that I can't get the extended keys to work on my laser keyboard 6000 v2. If I uninstall the devices I mentioned above and reboot, and press the volume control key while windows is starting, I get the volume icon on the screen for a little while. The Installed Wireless Device pops up followed by one (not two) Installed HID-Something, and the volume display fades away and further pressing the key will not bring it back. Any helpful suggestion would be appreciated. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330446
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    - USB2.0 Camera says this device can perform faster I have a Dell Latitude D620 notebook with Windows XP SP2. Whenever I connect devices that are USB2 capable, they function at USB2 speeds, EXCEPT my Sony DSC-S500 camera. Every time I connect it, I get the "This Device can perform faster...." popup in the system tray. The camera is USB2.0 capable, and is the only device that I have this issue with. I have tried unistalling the USB Mass Storage Device in the Device Manager, but that did nothing for me. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330438
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    - The old "C" Drive replacement issue I've done it before - will do it again - and the age-old problem cannot be rectified by this old guy.... I want to replace my "C" (boot) drive with a larger/faster drive. First, I back up my stuff. I Install the new larger drive. I use every type of "copy" software known to mankind (this man anyway). I follow the directions - be it from MS, Seagate, Maxtor, 3rd party vendor, etc.... What do I wind up with? A "D" Drive that is bigger, faster - but hosed up, because all of the programs are looking for "C", of course! Reading the News Groups, all I see is, "You can't change the letter for the "C" drive". OK then - what does everybody else do, short of having to reinstall XP on the new drive, than reinstall all of the programs they own??? Thanks in advance from this grouchy old SOB. Bill Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330436
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    - plug and play portable hard drive when this device is enabled, the speed of the down load drops from 1meg to 450kbps. it uses pci usb2.0 connect any thoughts on why the speed drop -- thank you Maglor Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330431
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    - Windows XP and Expresscards Hi, I've recently brought a laptop that has an Expresscard slot, which is the replacement for the old PCMCIA cards. I'm having some trouble using the card with the laptop and as part of the diagnostic process I thought I'd just check to make sure that XP supports the Expresscards. I've done some checking on the web, and I've found some documents from Microsoft's WHDC that mention Express cards and XP. So, I assume that XP can support Expresscards. The question I have is whether XP SP2 does actually support Expresscards? If it does then do I need any drivers, updates, or hotfixes beyond those contained in XP SP2? Thanks. Will Will Pearson PhD Research Student Public Computing Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Bristol Bristol, UK Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330430
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    - PC won't start. I have a Dell Dimension 2350 Desktop. I plugged in a new Mouse this morning, put the installation disk in and all was ok. Used the computer for a short while then switched off as normal. Remembered there was something else I wanted to do so switched Comp back on but no joy. The Screen stayed Black, the LED's by the Power Switch stayed off and the only light that came on was the one by the CD- Tray which flashes continuously. When I press the button on the CD the Tray only comes out part way or not at all. I tried switching Computer on and off again a couple more times but got the same negative result. If it's just that the CD Burner is knackered, why wouldn't the Computer boot up? If it is more serious than just the CD Burner, as the Computer is heavily used and about 5 years old, I'm assuming it probably isn't worth spending too much on? Any ideas what it might be? Thanks. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330425
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    - Speed: Xeon2.8 fsb533 vs. C2D2.13 fsb800 ? Hello people Which will be faster for working with photoshop, CAD, movie editing and so on: HP workstation xw6000 with dual Xeon2.8 GHz processors with 533MHz fsb (quite old computer) or a new HP dc5700 with one C2D 2.13 GHz procesor with 800MHz fsb ?? /Dan Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330424
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    - CD Burner My CD Burner dosent work anymore. It hasnt worked for a while so I bought an external burner & now its stopped working too. I dont know if my computer is somehow messing up the drives. When I look at the properties, it says the drives (both E & F ) are working properly but neither will recognize a cd & I've already tried uninstalling & windows automatically reinstalled them for me. HELP ME PLEASE b4 I spend more on another burner. Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330410
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    - Need XP pcmcia.sys file (ver 5.1.2600.34) Getting PCMCIA MTD-0002 installation applet on any card I try to install. Researched and found solution to replace with this file version. This is newer than the file supplied with XP Service Pack 2. Can't find on Microsoft WebSite. Any ideas how to obtain???? Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330409
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    - ThinkPad T61 XP - Power Cycle Problem Hi All, I've had two major problems with my T61 laptop since receiving it about 3 weeks ago. The biggest problem is that when I put it into any low power mode (mainly I use shutdown or standby), it continually exits the mode, then re-enters the mode until eventually the battery is dead. When I take my laptop home at night, I just continually hear it beep as it goes in and out of standby. My only solution so far has been to shutdown and remove the battery. The second, smaller issue has been that it will occassionally shut down on its own while I'm in the middle of using it. The PC just instantly turns off. This has happened about 4 times this month. Any one know why this might be happening? Thanks, TF Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330407
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    - OT: Intel stock vs heatpipe cooler Sorry for being a bit off-topic but, surely there's lots of builders in here. I've built lots of boxes in the past and never really dabbled with "super" cpu coolers i.e. stock heatsink and fan always did a sufficient job. A few months ago I upgraded my faithful old XP2600 Barton Skt. A to a D935 Conroe cpu, on a "Conroe" motherboard, and during lots of digging on the web, at that time, noticed observations that the Pentium D's ran "hot" compared to others. My "D" core always idled at approx. 38 degrees | 42 degrees under load. Yesterday I fitted a cheap Akasa triple heatpipe cooler and noticed that the thermal "paste" was quite soft. When I removed the stock Intel heatsink it appeared that the thermal compound was quite thick, (obviously it had "cured"), but it hadn't spread out very much, suggesting that it was perhaps too thick, or "aged," when I originally fitted the thing. I'm not going to try it just to satisfy my curiosity but, do you think that if I cleaned that up, and refitted the stock h/s with a good quality thermal compound, that it would run a lot cooler ? regards, Richard Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330398
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    - USB write protected. Hi all,Testing time for all ...am having USB which is write protected ..can't format the same...is there any option to make USB writable ... Kindly suggests... Regards, Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330389
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    - LCD Monitor Have finished building a newer system as follows: Asus P5K Deluxe Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Fsb 1066 Asus EN8600GT 512 MB DDR3 2 GB Crucial memory 650W PSU One item left the monitor I'm not a gamer but do a lot of photography work. Old system used a CRT. What, in the opinion of this NG, is a good 19 to 22 inch LCD for Photography work. I'm retired so have limited funds, $300, for a monitor. Right now have the CRT hooked up but, like is getting old. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Mr. Bro Tag: DVD drive not seeing disks Tag: 330385
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Our "Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D" is consistently refusing to see certain
types of disk, that it used to be able to read and write.
156MB CD-RWs and DVD-Rs do not show up - the drive appears to be
empty.
CD/CD-Rs play and write normally.
Windows says the device is working fine, and we have the most recent
driver. This is intensely annoying. Do I need a different driver? Is
it a problem with the DVD drive? Is there a way I can find out? Please
help!

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Re: DVD drive not seeing disks by Malke

Malke
Fri Apr 18 04:41:23 PDT 2008

Canid wrote:

> Our "Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D" is consistently refusing to see certain
> types of disk, that it used to be able to read and write.
> 156MB CD-RWs and DVD-Rs do not show up - the drive appears to be
> empty.
> CD/CD-Rs play and write normally.
> Windows says the device is working fine, and we have the most recent
> driver. This is intensely annoying. Do I need a different driver? Is
> it a problem with the DVD drive? Is there a way I can find out? Please
> help!

Usually when this sort of thing happens it's time to replace the drive. You
can try a drive cleaning kit first, but with DVD-RW drives as cheap as they
are, I'd just swap the drive out for a known-working one. If everything is
better with the substitute, then simply replace the original drive.

Malke
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