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getting 2000 pro notice cd

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by yelhsa3840 1 view

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ok, at work i got a system with 2000 pro on our network however when the cd rom (any cdrom), is hooked up it gets to the windows startup screen gets 2/3 of the way and crashes/freezes. i swapped the hd on another identical system and it works just dandy when the cdrom is unplugged it works i checked bios, checked irq's switched arround ide interfaces but still the same problem. i also checked the scsi bios and no conflicts the network is peer to peer so you know

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by cg it

One could go through a a whole slew of possibilities from a ribbon cable not connected properly to the CD Rom just being old and needs replacing. So for a suggestion, find another CD Rom somewhere [maybe borrow one from that other identical system] and see if the computer does the same thing. If the other CD Rom from the identical system doesn't freeze up and crash your system, get a new CD Rom. Trying to fix one isn't worth the time and effort.

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