DVD-RW works but CD doesn't (combo drive)

[Ahcoraj]

Hi there, long time no post.... I've got a wierd scenario here. I recently built a box for my friends daughter,as hers was old and the cd-rw had quit working, it actually physically burned a music cd she had left in the drive overnite. I just thought it was old and replaced it(although i'd never seen a drive physically "burn" a disc as this one did.) I reformatted it and replaced her win2k with XP Pro, as well as upgrading everything in the computer but the case. I gave her an Emprex DVD+-/RW CD-RW combo burner I had been using for about 6months and got myself a dual layer drive. About 3 weeks after installing the dvd drive, the CD features quit on that drive. The DVD playing and burning is fine but it won't even read cd's, the explorer window comes up as blank, even though a known good cd is inside. It does this in several computers, from win XP to 98.

My only guess is that perhaps the 2 are related, has anyone heard of a downloaded mp3 file damaging a recorder? she was listening to some just before the cd functions went dead. I've done full virus and spyware scans with clean results......Any other Ideas?

TIA

[Gabriel]

MMMMMmmmm, Try booting the computer using a bootable CDROM (like original WinXP Install CD), if its working so You probably have Driver/application/Virii related problem.
If the Drive fail to boot from a CD (check more than one) I guess that Either the drive is Fu$%^d up or you have a Weird PSU or current issue.


I will be awaiting your post,
Gabriel

[NooNoo]

Do I understand that this burner does it in not just your friend's machine, but has the same symptoms in others? If so the only thing you can look at is flashing the firmware or returning the drive.

If not try a new aspi layer and run aspichk after installation to check it.