System Rebbots when CD Inserted

[Joe]

I have received this question from one of our senior members:

I run a W98 PC from Packard Bell with 63Mb of RAM.

I have a problem with my CD-ROM drive in as much that each time I insert a
CD either music or data CD the system re-boots. Once rebooted I can access
the CD ok but as you can imagine it is rather in convenient.

Can anyone offer me any advice with this please?

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Regards
Joe
Tasmania

[Mostly Me (MM)]

Joe wrote:
> I have received this question from one of our senior members:
>
> I run a W98 PC from Packard Bell with 63Mb of RAM.
>
> I have a problem with my CD-ROM drive in as much that each time I insert a
> CD either music or data CD the system re-boots. Once rebooted I can access
> the CD ok but as you can imagine it is rather in convenient.
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice with this please?
>

Hi,

Probably is either a bad CD drive or a failing internal power supply; of
course there could be other causes, but I would try swapping out the CD
drive with a known working one first, if you have one available to do
that with.

MM

[Joe]

Thanks MM, I have forwarded you comments onto our member.

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Regards
Joe
Tasmania


"Mostly Me (MM)" > wrote in message
...
> Joe wrote:
>> I have received this question from one of our senior members:
>>
>> I run a W98 PC from Packard Bell with 63Mb of RAM.
>>
>> I have a problem with my CD-ROM drive in as much that each time I insert
>> a CD either music or data CD the system re-boots. Once rebooted I can
>> access the CD ok but as you can imagine it is rather in convenient.
>>
>> Can anyone offer me any advice with this please?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Probably is either a bad CD drive or a failing internal power supply; of
> course there could be other causes, but I would try swapping out the CD
> drive with a known working one first, if you have one available to do that
> with.
>
> MM

[PCR]

May as well...

(1) "START button, Find, F/F, Autorun.inf".
I guess one of those can do it, if in a root directory on a hard
drive, such as "C:\" or "D:\". It does not belong on a hard drive.

(2)
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Autorun"; Windows 98; Full Text; produces two pages full,
including...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312475&Product=w98
CD-ROM Does Not Run Automatically After You Insert It into Your CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM Drive
(312475) - When you insert a CD-ROM that contains an Autorun.inf file
into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the CD-ROM may not start
and run automatically as expected. Additionally, when you right-click
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in Windows Explorer or...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;177880&Product=w98
CD-ROM Does Not Run Automatically When Inserted
(177880) - When you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, it may not be
run automatically.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;185552&Product=w98
CD-ROM Drive Icon Appears for a Hard Disk
(185552) - When you open My Computer, your hard disk icon may appear as
a CD-ROM icon. If you double-click (or right-click and then click Open)
the CD-ROM in My Computer, you may receive the following error message:
Cannot find autorun.exe.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
| I have received this question from one of our senior members:
|
| I run a W98 PC from Packard Bell with 63Mb of RAM.
|
| I have a problem with my CD-ROM drive in as much that each time I
insert a
| CD either music or data CD the system re-boots. Once rebooted I can
access
| the CD ok but as you can imagine it is rather in convenient.
|
| Can anyone offer me any advice with this please?
|
| --
|
| Regards
| Joe
| Tasmania
|
|