cd rom playing up

[Javad]

You haven't kept your CDs in good conditions. If you put a quite new CD in
the drive, you'll see that the drive won't have any problems with it.
Otherwise the drive might be faulty. You can also use a lens cleaner to
clean the lens.

Javad

"michael and sharon" > wrote in message
...
> Folks,
>
> I have a msi 48x16x48 cd rom.
>
> i seem to be having some trouble with it which, in hindsight has been
> occuring for some time.
>
> - I put the cd in .
> - although autorun is selected, more often than not I have to kickstart
the
> cd via 'run'.
> - some cds are notoriously slow (my son's harry potter game takes almost
two
> minutes, or more to start)
> - the cd player seems to start up, with the indicator light flashing, then
> it goes a solid green colour, and then flashes for awhile and seems to
speed
> up and then slow down (it is all very annoying).
> - i run win98se, 1100mhz amd, 256 ram, 30gb harddisk.
>
> I did have nero installed but deleted it hoping it would make a
difference -
> alas no.
>
> any suggestions??
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>

[michael and sharon]

Folks,

I have a msi 48x16x48 cd rom.

i seem to be having some trouble with it which, in hindsight has been
occuring for some time.

- I put the cd in .
- although autorun is selected, more often than not I have to kickstart the
cd via 'run'.
- some cds are notoriously slow (my son's harry potter game takes almost two
minutes, or more to start)
- the cd player seems to start up, with the indicator light flashing, then
it goes a solid green colour, and then flashes for awhile and seems to speed
up and then slow down (it is all very annoying).
- i run win98se, 1100mhz amd, 256 ram, 30gb harddisk.

I did have nero installed but deleted it hoping it would make a difference -
alas no.

any suggestions??

Thanks
Michael

[Don Phillipson]

"michael and sharon" > wrote in message
...

> I have a msi 48x16x48 cd rom.
>
> i seem to be having some trouble with it which, in hindsight has been
> occuring for some time.
>
> - I put the cd in .
> - although autorun is selected, more often than not I have to kickstart
the
> cd via 'run'.
> - some cds are notoriously slow (my son's harry potter game takes almost
two
> minutes, or more to start)
> - the cd player seems to start up, with the indicator light flashing, then
> it goes a solid green colour, and then flashes for awhile and seems to
speed
> up and then slow down (it is all very annoying).
> - i run win98se, 1100mhz amd, 256 ram, 30gb harddisk.
>
> I did have nero installed but deleted it hoping it would make a
difference -
> alas no.
>
> any suggestions??

CD drives are cheap and brittle. You might as well
replace yours with one from a better brand.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[michael and sharon]

folks,

replaced the cd rom and no problems now - even with the disks that weren't
working before.

I think the old girl had simply had enough.

thanks for the suggestions.
"michael and sharon" > wrote in message
...
> Folks,
>
> I have a msi 48x16x48 cd rom.
>
> i seem to be having some trouble with it which, in hindsight has been
> occuring for some time.
>
> - I put the cd in .
> - although autorun is selected, more often than not I have to kickstart
the
> cd via 'run'.
> - some cds are notoriously slow (my son's harry potter game takes almost
two
> minutes, or more to start)
> - the cd player seems to start up, with the indicator light flashing, then
> it goes a solid green colour, and then flashes for awhile and seems to
speed
> up and then slow down (it is all very annoying).
> - i run win98se, 1100mhz amd, 256 ram, 30gb harddisk.
>
> I did have nero installed but deleted it hoping it would make a
difference -
> alas no.
>
> any suggestions??
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>