Issue with CD/DVD Drive

cdoggy12 · 12-18-2008, 03:44 PM

Alright, so I have a fairley new CD/DVD RW Drive has been running pretty good until last night. My computer has been freezing and crashing alot latley, and I believe it's due to a CPU cooler. I took it apart and reset the CPU cooler, and when I turned my computer on, my computer wouldn't start up. I removed the disk and it started right up. Once started up, If I put a disk into the drive it would start reading it, and after about an hour, it would finish reading and run the game or movie or what ever. Do you guys think my drive is failing or is there another explanation?

Specs:

OS: Vista Home Premium
Memory: 4GB DDR 2
Graphic Card: 9800 GTX + 512MB
Storage: 500GB Sata 7200RPM
Optical Drive: Not Exactly Sure, but device manager says this: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190A ATA Device

Any Ideas? Thanks in advance!

cdoggy12 · 12-25-2008, 09:53 PM

Any ideas?

**grimx133** · 12-26-2008, 03:49 AM

You took off your cpu heatsink and fan? Did you thoroughly clean the old thermal pad or paste (with 90%+ isopropyl alcohol) and redo it with fresh thermal paste? There's a good chance that you are overheating, check your temperatures in your bios, should be in a section called pc health, hardware monitoring, or something similar. While you are there, note down your voltages for the +.3, +5, and +12 volts. Let us know the temps and voltages.
Also, what cpu are you using?

cdoggy12 · 12-26-2008, 01:09 PM

Alright I'm using an AMD Anthalon X2 6000+ running 24C when idol and 39C on Extreme 100% usuage, my GPU hit 45C sometimes but i have 2 9800GTX + so thats a given, i have an Antech 1200 Case, very cool, when i re did it i cleaned it well, im 95% sure it's not over heating. I actually have the same case as you! or your piucture...

Not sure how to check voltages but i have an 800W Psu running at like 70Amps on the 12 volt rail... so i don't think thats the issue, it's either wearing out or someting wrong with the software... It will read movies but there extremely laggy and it will read a game after about 30 minutes, but will not install...

**koala** · 12-27-2008, 09:07 AM

Go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.

Click the [+] next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, then right-click Primary or Secondary IDE Channel (depending on which is your drive), select Properties and click the Advanced Settings tab. The Transfer mode should be set to DMA if possible.

cdoggy12 · 12-27-2008, 11:40 AM

I have several items, but there all set to DMA, I don't believe thats the issue.

12-18-2008, 03:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
cdoggy12 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Vista and XP Pro	Issue with CD/DVD Drive Alright, so I have a fairley new CD/DVD RW Drive has been running pretty good until last night. My computer has been freezing and crashing alot latley, and I believe it's due to a CPU cooler. I took it apart and reset the CPU cooler, and when I turned my computer on, my computer wouldn't start up. I removed the disk and it started right up. Once started up, If I put a disk into the drive it would start reading it, and after about an hour, it would finish reading and run the game or movie or what ever. Do you guys think my drive is failing or is there another explanation? Specs: OS: Vista Home Premium Memory: 4GB DDR 2 Graphic Card: 9800 GTX + 512MB Storage: 500GB Sata 7200RPM Optical Drive: Not Exactly Sure, but device manager says this: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190A ATA Device Any Ideas? Thanks in advance!

12-25-2008, 09:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
cdoggy12 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Vista and XP Pro	Re: Issue with CD/DVD Drive Any ideas? __________________ Please, Check out aacpis.com, need help with HTML, or JAVA, or just wana save chinchillas? Check it out!

12-26-2008, 03:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,143 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Issue with CD/DVD Drive You took off your cpu heatsink and fan? Did you thoroughly clean the old thermal pad or paste (with 90%+ isopropyl alcohol) and redo it with fresh thermal paste? There's a good chance that you are overheating, check your temperatures in your bios, should be in a section called pc health, hardware monitoring, or something similar. While you are there, note down your voltages for the +.3, +5, and +12 volts. Let us know the temps and voltages. Also, what cpu are you using? __________________

12-26-2008, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
cdoggy12 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Vista and XP Pro	Re: Issue with CD/DVD Drive Alright I'm using an AMD Anthalon X2 6000+ running 24C when idol and 39C on Extreme 100% usuage, my GPU hit 45C sometimes but i have 2 9800GTX + so thats a given, i have an Antech 1200 Case, very cool, when i re did it i cleaned it well, im 95% sure it's not over heating. I actually have the same case as you! or your piucture... Not sure how to check voltages but i have an 800W Psu running at like 70Amps on the 12 volt rail... so i don't think thats the issue, it's either wearing out or someting wrong with the software... It will read movies but there extremely laggy and it will read a game after about 30 minutes, but will not install... __________________ Please, Check out aacpis.com, need help with HTML, or JAVA, or just wana save chinchillas? Check it out!

12-27-2008, 09:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,344 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Issue with CD/DVD Drive Go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button. Click the [+] next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, then right-click Primary or Secondary IDE Channel (depending on which is your drive), select Properties and click the Advanced Settings tab. The Transfer mode should be set to DMA if possible. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

12-27-2008, 11:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
cdoggy12 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Vista and XP Pro	Re: Issue with CD/DVD Drive I have several items, but there all set to DMA, I don't believe thats the issue. __________________ Please, Check out aacpis.com, need help with HTML, or JAVA, or just wana save chinchillas? Check it out!