pc crashes with CD inserted

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:46:53 GMT, "Tara" <dahlirious.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:

 >Hi.
 >
 >My homebuilt PC has been working great for about 6 months but recently the
 >PC is crashing when I insert some CD-Roms. It doesn't happen all the time
 >but when it does once the CD is recognized the computer freezes and I have
 >to do a hard reboot using the power button in the back.
 >
 >I'm running Windows XP Pro, P4 2.4, 1gig memory. My CD-Rom drive is a TDK
 >but I also have a Sony DVD-RW that also froze my PC. I checked out the
 >device manager and there is just one question mark under RAID controller.
 >Any ideas???

Perhaps you've gotten one of those music CDs with some kind of autorun DRM
crap on it. Basically they are programs that autoinstall to prevent you
from ripping music from the CD. I'm not sure if antivirus or spyware
checkers will remove such things. You might research the CDs that cause
the problem on Google. Meanwhile, to prevent the crashing, hold down the
shift key when you insert those CDs. Or disable autorun with TweakUI.
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"JAD" <Kapasitor.RemoveThis@coldmail.com> wrote in message
news:10c14i0522e5qe5@corp.supernews.com...
 > burned disks? Your ROM's laser may be going or can't read burned CD's
 > very well
 >
 >
 > "Tara" <dahlirious.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
 > news:h3%vc.105339$Nn4.23069709@twister.nyc.rr.com...
  > > Hi.
  > >
  > > My homebuilt PC has been working great for about 6 months but
 > recently the
  > > PC is crashing when I insert some CD-Roms. It doesn't happen all
 > the time
  > > but when it does once the CD is recognized the computer freezes and
 > I have
  > > to do a hard reboot using the power button in the back.
  > >
  > > I'm running Windows XP Pro, P4 2.4, 1gig memory. My CD-Rom drive is
 > a TDK
  > > but I also have a Sony DVD-RW that also froze my PC. I checked out
 > the
  > > device manager and there is just one question mark under RAID
 > controller.
  > > Any ideas???
  > >
  > > Thanks.
  > > T
  > >
  > >
 >
 >

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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:46:53 GMT As another one bit the dust "Tara"
<dahlirious.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote :

 >Hi.
 >
 >My homebuilt PC has been working great for about 6 months but recently the
 >PC is crashing when I insert some CD-Roms. It doesn't happen all the time
 >but when it does once the CD is recognized the computer freezes and I have
 >to do a hard reboot using the power button in the back.
 >
 >I'm running Windows XP Pro, P4 2.4, 1gig memory. My CD-Rom drive is a TDK
 >but I also have a Sony DVD-RW that also froze my PC. I checked out the
 >device manager and there is just one question mark under RAID controller.
 >Any ideas???
 >
 >Thanks.
 >T
 >

Cd's are no more indestructible than floppy disks.Either Cdrom drive
failure.Cd media Failure or motherboard failure or cables :/
Try here tho'
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/drivers.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/drivers.html</a>


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