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CD Drive Locking System

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by rmcpeake

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On a Compaq PC with a CD drive the following has started to occur (everything worked fine since the PC was put into service 3 years ago)
Whenever a CD is put into the drive the entire system locks up. The user claims no changes have been made. I have turned off AutoPlay and to the best of my knowledge deleted any file type links that would automatically fire up a program. A green line display on the monitor and then nothing responds. You have to hold the power button in to restart the PC.
Any ideas??
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by sgt_shultz

you don't mention which os. but cd read errors can really make a system act bizarre - lock up to the point you have to remove power...i would bet green backs you have a bad cd drive. if replacing the drive fixes things, get a new cd drive... since the drive is trash, you could try opening it up and clean the laser lens. (i just said this to upset those people who would 'never' do such a thing.) you could also try squirt air and a lens cleaner. i would also put in a win98 bootable cd, set the BIOS up to boot from cd and see what happens then. i think this is all gonna point to a disfunctional drive. good luck

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