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I need some help with CD drives (Vanity)
February 12, 2005

Posted on 02/12/2005 1:50:43 PM PST by Howlin

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why do I need a small supercomputer?

And why do I think you all are having a party in here while I'm fumbling along.....LOL.


261 posted on 02/12/2005 6:13:51 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Cold Heat; Howlin

Have a picture of the cables up toward the start of this thread...


262 posted on 02/12/2005 6:14:38 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Cold Heat

"SP-2 will not boot and it crashes as soon as the load begins."

Yep, that will happen most often when the filesystem on the hd is corrupt in someway, especially if it is ntfs. Ntfs can be a real pain because of security descriptors being fubared or partition table problems.


263 posted on 02/12/2005 6:15:00 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Howlin

But...but...the party is all about YOU sweetie.....lol!! It's when the guys break open the keg that you should begin to worry!


264 posted on 02/12/2005 6:16:02 PM PST by Magnolia (Pennies a day help keep Liberals at bay.....become a monthly donor!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
OH that is NEAT!!!!

Shouldn't I be ashamed? LOL

Not even five years old and he's got me pegged.

My second oldest was up here one night, using a golf putter thing; he told me it was my turn, so I shot; then, when it was his turn, he said, "Stay right there; don't go sit back down at your computer."

265 posted on 02/12/2005 6:16:08 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: SeaBiscuit
especially if it is ntfs.

it is............

266 posted on 02/12/2005 6:16:36 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Howlin

The suggestion from elsewhere to reload the chipset drivers is a sound one, seperating it from the CD drive and going to the interface as the source of the problem instead.

Should be in the same location where you found the Samsung CD drivers.

I'll see if I can find anything about that CD out in the ether.

Hopefully it's these drivers and not a physical problem.


267 posted on 02/12/2005 6:16:39 PM PST by Phsstpok ("When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring.")
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To: Howlin

Post #86 has the cables... top one is the one you will likely find, unless they use rounded cables..... just see what connects to the NON POWER connecter in the back of the CD drive......


268 posted on 02/12/2005 6:16:56 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That's exactly what mine look like; so I'm going to do it at both ends.

BTW, should I "clean" it out while I'm in there, dust bunnies?


269 posted on 02/12/2005 6:17:11 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

You've got it!


270 posted on 02/12/2005 6:17:46 PM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: Howlin

I have been getting heck about it as well, and my 19yr old said the same thing.


271 posted on 02/12/2005 6:18:06 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: freedumb2003
Go to Fryes -- get a USB one

Can you rebuild XP from a USB one?

272 posted on 02/12/2005 6:19:13 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Phsstpok
The suggestion from elsewhere to reload the chipset drivers is a sound one, seperating it from the CD drive and going to the interface as the source of the problem instead.

The sound you just heard was your point going right over MY head.

273 posted on 02/12/2005 6:20:47 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin

Are you talking to us from a second computer?


274 posted on 02/12/2005 6:21:51 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why do you keep saying "rebuild XP?" Do you think that's where I'm heading?

And how would I transfer my files (don't even ASK me, the answer is no)???


275 posted on 02/12/2005 6:21:51 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

No. The rest of my computer works like a dread. As I said, my house should be as organized/clean as my hard drive is.


276 posted on 02/12/2005 6:22:26 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin
And why do I think you all are having a party in here while I'm fumbling along.....LOL.

It's Saturday night. Life is good. Oh, is your computer fixed yet?

277 posted on 02/12/2005 6:23:04 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: Howlin
The rest of my computer works like a dread.

Except, of course, the SPELL CHECKER.

Dream.

278 posted on 02/12/2005 6:23:18 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Is XP down?

I must have missed something.


279 posted on 02/12/2005 6:23:22 PM PST by freedumb2003 (We will win with the Sword Of Teamwork and the Hammer Of Not-bickering!)
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To: HAL9000

Nope, but I'm getting ready to crack it open.

Are you smirking?


280 posted on 02/12/2005 6:23:48 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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