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I'm pissed
Posted: 2004-01-08 05:56pm
by darthdavid
My cd drive keeps getting worse. Every time i try and use it it refuses to load the cd and the only way to get it to load anything is to open and close the tray till it does. I've just been trying to play star craft for an hour and it refuses to load. What might it do to fix this problem?
Posted: 2004-01-08 05:59pm
by Zac Naloen
snap the disc
Posted: 2004-01-08 06:07pm
by darthdavid
Zac Naloen wrote:snap the disc
It does this with all my discs. Would you suggest that i snap them too?
Posted: 2004-01-08 07:13pm
by General Zod
maybe you should just get a new optical drive. *shrugs*
Posted: 2004-01-08 10:03pm
by SPOOFE
A new CD drive can be had for twenty bucks. Hey, components die out... it's a fact of life.
Posted: 2004-01-08 10:55pm
by darthdavid
SPOOFE wrote:A new CD drive can be had for twenty bucks. Hey, components die out... it's a fact of life.
Yeah this one isn't so old though. But whatever.
Posted: 2004-01-09 12:00am
by Bob McDob
This happened to me. I just ended up replacing the whole kitkaboodle
Posted: 2004-01-09 01:49am
by SPOOFE
If it makes you feel better, Dave, after you replace it, you can take the old drive out back and smash it with a sledgehammer. Weee!
Posted: 2004-01-09 03:26am
by Sarevok
There is a rudimentary solution that may work untill you get a new CD drive. Try disabling autoplay and then insert the CD. Starcraft should work fine.
Posted: 2004-01-09 03:27am
by General Zod
if it's just a cd rom drive, why not upgrade? most cd-rws and even DVD roms are rather cheap nowadays.
Posted: 2004-01-09 08:55pm
by darthdavid
evilcat4000 wrote:There is a rudimentary solution that may work untill you get a new CD drive. Try disabling autoplay and then insert the CD. Starcraft should work fine.
I have windoze xp though and i don't feeling like doing any registry hacks. This pos is unstable enough as it is.
Posted: 2004-01-09 11:28pm
by J
darthdavid wrote:I have windoze xp though and i don't feeling like doing any registry hacks. This pos is unstable enough as it is.
Try XP Power Toys, as I remember it the "Tweak UI" application has a checkbox that will safely disable autorun for data and/or audio CD's.