[ale] flakey CDROM drive

[Michael Hirsch]

Raylynn A. Knight <rayk at clientlink.com> writes:

> I have 3 different Plextor drives that use the caddy and have experienced
> this same problem with the clicking noise and then caddy ejection.  It's not
> the CD-ROM that is causing this it's the caddy.  I recommend you purchase a
> new caddy, the one you have may be slightly warped.

Interesting.  I'll try that.  I wonder why it will accept some disks
and not others.  Very weird.

Thanks,

--Michael

> 
> Ray Knight
> audilvr at bellsouth.net
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Michael
> > Hirsch
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 10:00 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] flakey CDROM drive
> >
> >
> > Ever since I upgraded my MB/CPU and moved it into a new case my CDROM
> > drive has been flakey.  There are some CDs it reads fine.  Others that
> > if finds errors in.  And some that it can't read at all.
> >
> > For instance, when I put a Windows 98 upgrade disc in the drive, the
> > drive makes a bunch of clicky sounds, then ejects the caddy.  Now it
> > might be just that the new CPU has better taste in OSes that the old
> > one, but I'd really like to get things working again.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior?  (BTW, I've had no problem
> > reading these discs on other machines.)  The drive is a plextor SCSI
> > drive circa early 1996.
> >
> > Is it time to bite the bullet and just buy a new drive?  Any
> > suggestions on a good yet inexpensive cd-r drive?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > Michael
> >

-- 
--Michael