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  1. January 9th, 2003, 08:41 AM #1
    kingtbone
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    CD-ROM Drive Diagnostics

    I'm curious as to what program people use to test CD-Drives, if they test them at all. I've got a faulty unit here, and I'm wondering how to get the hard proof.
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  2. January 9th, 2003, 09:42 AM #2
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    Clean it

    Shove it in another known good machine

    Run sisoftsandra for a bench speed test.
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  3. January 9th, 2003, 09:48 AM #3
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    I just boot from a Win98 or ME startup disk, with CDROM support. If I can't see the CD from there, it's a goner. Rules out any Windows problems.
    Edit: after seeing NooNoo's post, I usually work from home, so I do this in my box, with known good cables and IDE controller
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