cd burner light keeps flashing

[Six Eyed Smily]

even with no cd in the drive and no activity whatsoever. it probably doesnt affect anything at all, but its very annoying. is there anything i can do to stop it?

[NooNoo]

Which burner?
What system?
what OS?

[Six Eyed Smily]

teac 32x4x4x drive, all windows os'es, system asus a7v133 motherboard 1ghz athlon processor, the drive is the only one on the ide cable

[Gameguru]

Nothing that a dab of liquid paper won't fix.(and you can remove it too)

[freddy]

imediate answer : we call it tippex

long term , try the drive in another machine to see if it is faulty, and/or check cable , jumper settings etc.


if working ok on other machine, then elaborate further.

if not send it back for a replacement.


as we have no knowledge of your setup , it would be easier to illiminate the cd (being faulty) on another machine , before proceeding with further questions


good luck with your quest ,,,and post a reply

[Poseidon]

Do what freddy suggested – try it in another machine. Also I would make sure all your drivers are current including your BIOS.

Be sure to post your results.

[Six Eyed Smily]

thanks. i will try it in another machine, but given that there are no new drivers for it, and it does not affect operation in any way, but is just annoying, i may go for the tipex