Has My Mitsumi 4X CDROM Finally Died?

[Orangeman]

Hi Everyone,

I have a Mitsumi 4X CDROM Drive that is about 4 years old. It was working fine except whenever I tried to install Windows Messaging or Microsoft Fax from the Win98SE CDROM. My computer would freeze up so badly I would have to hold down the button for 4 seconds and restart.

Today I tried again to reinstall Windows messaging in my computer. I received an error message to clean my CD ROM. I did so and I gave it an extra good cleaning, and viola, it worked… at least for awhile. I was able to copy WMS.EXE onto my desktop and install it from there. However for some reason after I did this I got the same error message that my CDROM required cleaning.

However now the problem is that my CD ROM doesn’t work at all. It still ejects, and there is a light that flashes momentarily on start up. However when I insert a disk it doesn’t recognize it.

I went into the Device Manager and saw that it was listed as ‘disconnected.” I unchecked this item and tried again. Nothing.

Does this mean that my CD ROM has finally died on me or is there something I can do to fix it?

I also tried cleaning it but it won't recognize any disks.

On my System Configuration Utility, it says in the last lineEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\MTMCDAI.SYS/D:CD1

(This is an exact quote, could there be a mistake in the language?)

My CDROM is in the 'E' drive not 'D' drive.

I have a WIN98SE OS, IOMEGA 100 Disk Drive, Floppy Drive, and 4G HD. VIA Apollo MVP3 Chipset on Tekram P5M3-A+ Mobo.

[swamprat]

More than likely, the drive is the cause of the problem. Do you have another drive to put in its place?

[Orangeman]

Not unless I go out and buy one. I was wondering if there was a fix or workaround I could employ?

[orange]

Yeah, yeah, ok....so you posted this a couple of weeks ago...shoot me! I'd say, from personal experience, that 4 years from a CDRW is pretty good going. I'm on my third in four years and they were all 'good' makes, first was Yamaha and second was Ricoh. The Yammy didn't even make 11 months and the Ricoh barely made two years. I'm now on a Plextor (dogs doobries!) which i bought because it has a two year warranty. I think you've got your money's worth out of that Mitsumi, go and treat yourself....go on, go on, go on....

[DiR[ëctory]]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by orange:
<strong>Yeah, yeah, ok....so you posted this a couple of weeks ago...shoot me! I'd say, from personal experience, that 4 years from a CDRW is pretty good going. I'm on my third in four years and they were all 'good' makes, first was Yamaha and second was Ricoh. The Yammy didn't even make 11 months and the Ricoh barely made two years. I'm now on a Plextor (dogs doobries!) which i bought because it has a two year warranty. I think you've got your money's worth out of that Mitsumi, go and treat yourself....go on, go on, go on.... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">we should shoot you seeing as he was referring to a cdrom not a cdrw

[Outcoded]

Yeah, it's gone, had a good innings though, my old mitsumi musta lasted about 5 years. Still, you can get a writer or DVD now for very little.

[Orangeman]

Well, rather than crying over spilled milk I decided to really was time to get a new one. Nothing lasts forever,..eh? Anyway I got a Sony 48x CDROM. I don't need a burner because I have an IOMEGA that still suits me fine. I have a 4G HD, with over 2G of free space after over 4 years! Needless to say I don't download alot of MP3's or play alot of 300mb games.

Sony's a good brand and I certainly paid a premium for it. Hopefully it will last me awhile.
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
Maybe in years to come I'll need a larger system but maybe by then the price will really come down.

[orange]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Originally posted by DiR[ëctory]:
we should shoot you seeing as he was referring to a cdrom not a cdrw </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Doh! Must....read....post....properly....before....putt ing....foot....in....mouth....

Apologies Orangeman, dunno where i was going with this one...hohum..

[DiR[ëctory]]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by orange:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Originally posted by DiR[ëctory]:
we should shoot you seeing as he was referring to a cdrom not a cdrw </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Doh! Must....read....post....properly....before....putt ing....foot....in....mouth....

Apologies Orangeman, dunno where i was going with this one...hohum.. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[Orangeman]

That's Okay Orange,

Like they say,

Too many freaks....not enough circuses!

Take care,

Orangeman