Posessed CD Burner? ... check this out, do you have suggestions?

mitchell7man · 04-22-2007, 11:28 PM

Hi everyone, i have an odd problem indeed. click herethe two .avi vidoes are what i wan't yall to look at.This happens during boot, shutdown, while i'm in windows or linux, and it happens randomly, not always active. Suggestions... comments...? And yes, slave and master are correctly set up, seeing as when this first started i thought that was the problem and changed from cable select to a fixed slave/master........

macemoneta · 04-22-2007, 11:43 PM

Bad drive.

mitchell7man · 04-22-2007, 11:53 PM

Hmm, that is the drive i used to install linux just this evening.... then it randomly started doing that while in windows.

GrapefruiTgirl · 04-23-2007, 12:09 AM

Do we need Highspeed internet to get the full effect of whatever those two files are?

Well, they both started fine, but what's the problem, for those of us on dialup?
Without having seem anything wrong, and possibly jumping the gun, I ask if you've considered cleaning the lens(es) in your CD drive(s)..

macemoneta · 04-23-2007, 12:40 AM

It looks like the case is open; did you remember to wear your anti-static strap while working on the machine? It only takes one unnoticeable discharge to ruin your day. The damage may not even show itself for months, as a static discharge can damage a gate in a semiconductor beyond a critical number of atoms. Then the remaining atoms migrate slowly over time.

GrapefruiTgirl: The drive is spontaneously opening/closing partially.

lazlow · 04-23-2007, 12:45 AM

The AVI files show the drive drawer randomly moving in and out.

There may be a chunk of crude in the drive. I would blast it with some canned air. Looking into the drive with the power off may shed some light on the subject. There is usually a drive release pinhole somewhere so you can open the drive with a paperclip.

J.W. · 04-23-2007, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchell7man

that is the drive i used to install linux just this evening.... then it randomly started doing that while in windows.

The drive needs to be replaced. If the CD drive has the jitters under both Linux and Windows, then the OS is not the issue, the physical hardware component is.

Cool party trick though

mitchell7man · 04-23-2007, 10:18 PM

Just an update, I took the drive out, and put my DVD burner in just to test it, and it does not do anything like that, that is the DVD burner acts completely normal

, so yes it is the Old CD Burner, that is ruined, as far as I can tell, so does anyone have recommendations on what to replace it with (the DVD drive is going back to it's original location) and where i can find a cheap one?, budget is extremely important in my situation... thanks again... i put the video on youtube now

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