Hello folks ,

Once again I need some help! lol

Here's my problem my Sony cd / dvd internal drive E: all of a sudden just stopped working.
I creadted an audio cd using Nero. I flipped it over and used my Lightscribe label burner. It appeared to start but I did notice the burning took several times longer then usual and when the disk came out it actually burned nothing onto the disk. Immediately after I tried using the disk drive for anything, playing a cd or dvd and nothing happened. The light just comes on on the drive and the software just hangs there trying to access the drive. I uninstalled the drive and reinstalled it, just rebooting and letting teh computer find new hardware, and it reinstalled but but still does not work. I also reinstalled the lightscribe software. I also tried running the microsoft diag which tells me the drive is working properly and of course it's not.

The drive is hardly used and has worked LIKE a champ when ever I do use it. Any help at al would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Peace,
MP. MP1975,If you have another computer that you can temporarily try the optical drive in i would suggest that. It will be the quickest way to determine the condition of the drive.truenorthGreat Idea, but I do not have another computer.

I know the drive spins I know the computer recognizes the device when I put MEDIA in it. It just doesn't read or write to the drive. Or so it appears. Try one of these:
1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
or...
2. http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
or...
3. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstal. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.Broni your very close! The drive is now recognized and plays, somewhat. The cd plays for a few seconds then resets itself then plays for a few more seconds so on and so forth you get the idea. I tried uninstalling the hardware again bit that did nothing. Any other IDEAS. I just can't see a drive going south out of the blue.

I was going to try the cdgone software but it wanted to get added to my registry and I wasn't sure if thats a good idea.

Thanks much.Use a different Molex (4 pin power connector) and replace the IDE ribbon cable with a brand new one...not just one that's been lying around.
Be careful to hook up both properly...Nurse scalpel ! Sounds like I need to operate. Best buys should have all the body parts needed? Thanks for the help.Which step made things better?
Quote

I need to operate