6 year old 44x CD-ROM Blues .....

[megacoolxs]

I have an AMD K6-2 350Mhz, 128MB Ram and a 44X CD-ROM. I had installed Windows XP Home Edition on an NTFS partition as a trial. After 30 days, which required activation. I formatted back to FAT32 and installed good ol' Windows 98 SE. But now my CD-ROM is acting wierd. I reads all types CD's scratched and non-scratched but hangs my PC when I double-click to open a file on some of them. Also on some CD's it opens a few files and hangs with the rest. I cleaned the lens with both types of CD lens cleaners. I've even cleaned off most of the dirt cleaned the cables, checked if the cables are properly secured. ( BTW the CD-ROM is configured as Secondary Master on it's own IDE cable ), I've switched cables for transfer and power too. I've tried everything for the love of GOD ...!! ....

The CD's work fine on others PC's. So what's the problem. Please Help Meeeee !!!!!

Is my CD-ROM on it's last ride or ...

megacoolxs signing off .....

[expertno.1]

yr CD DRIVER is on the last stage !

almost going to dead

contact the vendor and get a new one

[q3_abhi]

Any power problems???May be due 2 this.

[godsownman]

I had the same problem with my 5 years and 2 month old Creative.

But the only difference was that it would not read at ALL.

SO from what I remember your CD Rom is 95 % dead!