Major hardware problem- Need Help from clever people!! - Page 2

exponent8246 · 04-12-08, 06:56 AM

Hi all.

I am posting this totally unrelated question on here because I know there are a lot of clued up people working on SH 4 (plus, im not sure what site to post on).
My DVD-ROM drive (internal) started playing up last week (one minute it would read a DVD, the next, it wouldnt).
Ultimately, I had to reinstall XP. My DVD drive will now no longer read DVD's!!! It reads CD's fine but not none of my DVD based games will be recognised.
It will also not read any CD-RW disc that I have some very important files and programs on - I insert the CD-RW and it just spits it back out!!!
I have looked at the EVENT LOGGER and have found this related error when inserting a DVD or CD-RW --- ERROR - source - CDROM - event - 11 - category - NONE.

Does anybody out there have any idea as to what this error code means???
XP suggests replacing the IDE cable , which I have done to no avail!!!

Please help!! thanks in advance - Exponent.

04-12-08, 06:56 AM	#1
exponent8246 Sparky Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 153 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Major hardware problem- Need Help from clever people!! Hi all. I am posting this totally unrelated question on here because I know there are a lot of clued up people working on SH 4 (plus, im not sure what site to post on). My DVD-ROM drive (internal) started playing up last week (one minute it would read a DVD, the next, it wouldnt). Ultimately, I had to reinstall XP. My DVD drive will now no longer read DVD's!!! It reads CD's fine but not none of my DVD based games will be recognised. It will also not read any CD-RW disc that I have some very important files and programs on - I insert the CD-RW and it just spits it back out!!! I have looked at the EVENT LOGGER and have found this related error when inserting a DVD or CD-RW --- ERROR - source - CDROM - event - 11 - category - NONE. Does anybody out there have any idea as to what this error code means??? XP suggests replacing the IDE cable , which I have done to no avail!!! Please help!! thanks in advance - Exponent.