Help?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:01 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
damn you.....................

must have been your mini-skirt

BTW, we got the power working on my comp. In a little while, I'll probably work on installing Win98SE on my new comp so I can use it.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:07 pm

glad to hear it SS

I guess you'll be going offline soon then...............don't get me wrong,

I hate to see you leaving, but I DO enjoy watching you walk away

mmmmmmmmmmm mini-skirt

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:18 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
glad to hear it SS

I guess you'll be going offline soon then...............don't get me wrong,

I hate to see you leaving, but I DO enjoy watching you walk away

mmmmmmmmmmm mini-skirt

Well, I'm not going offline yet.

I'm kinda worn out from building my computer, so I'm going to stay and spam a while.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:18 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

My dad thinks that only young people don't like Windows XP, but I knew he was wrong!

:mumbles through his gums:

Alienbob · Post by **Alienbob** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:22 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave
If you really love your father, you will get one of those MiB things and flash him so he forgets that he ever got Windows XP.

actually i have one of those that you could borrow....

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:26 pm

I used to have one, but I accidentally flashed myself and now I can't find it.

Alienbob · Post by **Alienbob** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:32 pm

thats what sunglasses are for.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 12:27 pm

I've put my DVD-ROM in my new computer with new cables and new motherboard, but it still spits out any CD I put in it. Does this mean that the problem is the DVD-ROM itself???

GandalfgalTTV · Post by **GandalfgalTTV** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 12:38 pm

Are you sure you put the CD in with the right side up?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 12:52 pm

Originally posted by GandalfgalTTV
Are you sure you put the CD in with the right side up?

Yes.

My new CD-RW doesn't spit the CD out, luckily.

GandalfgalTTV · Post by **GandalfgalTTV** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 1:13 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

Yes.

My new CD-RW doesn't spit the CD out, luckily.

Yes?? That's an unexpected answer.

Well if that's the case you're probably right, and your DVD is acting up.

How one would go about fixing it, I don't know, you've tried everything I would have been able to think off.

You must be releaved, and BTW writers make great readers, same speed much more reliable, well that's my experience in any case.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 1:42 pm

If a drive spits out a disk, it is usually because there is a problem with a disk physically fitting in. Check to see if the disk is seated cleanly in the drive. If the DVD-ROM is still ejecting the disk, it may mean that there is an obstruction within the drive itself.

You should avoid opening the drive at all costs. Drives are not as dangerous as power supplies or monitors (which have capacitors in them which can electrocute you if you touch them), but opening them up often voids their warranty. If you can, take the drive back to the manufacturer or go to their homepage and get and return number and have it replaced.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 1:02 am

Originally posted by HighLordDave
If a drive spits out a disk, it is usually because there is a problem with a disk physically fitting in. Check to see if the disk is seated cleanly in the drive. If the DVD-ROM is still ejecting the disk, it may mean that there is an obstruction within the drive itself.

That DVD-ROM drive is the only one that spits out the CDs. My CD-RW, my dad's CD-RW, my dad's DVD-ROM, and my mom's CD-ROM don't spit out the CDs. However, my DVD-ROM doesn't spit out the DVDs I put in it, so wouldn't that rule out the 'may mean that there is an obstruction within the drive itself"?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 10:58 am

DVD drives are supposed to be backwards-compatible with CD-ROM formats, so if it accepts and plays DVDs, but not CDs, it sounds like you may have a driver problem. Have you downloaded the latest drivers for the DVD-ROM?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 2:39 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave
DVD drives are supposed to be backwards-compatible with CD-ROM formats, so if it accepts and plays DVDs, but not CDs, it sounds like you may have a driver problem. Have you downloaded the latest drivers for the DVD-ROM?

I don't think so, but it won't be possible to try until I manage to get my computer working again.