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Win XP cd rom problem

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by bobby1041

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After installing a new sound card and blowing out mobo with 'Microduster Air can', the cd-rom reads about half the time. Some cds it will read and some it won't. Also, sometimes the PC will keep rebooting Windows when shutting down. Do you think that blowing out the mobo with the air can might have blown something harmfull onto the mobo to make this happen?

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by evansed1

This sounds like a hardware conflict, the quickest check would be to eremove the sound card and see if the problem goes away. If it does then you need to check the irqs and make sure you have the most up to date drivers.

by timthetoolman

Hi,

I concur with the first answer although you cant alter the IRQs in XP and there is a slight possibility that you've blown dust over the laser in the CD-ROM.

If removing the sound card doesn't fix your problem, then I'd unplug and reseat all the cables and cards in your machine and use that compressed air again on your CD drive.

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

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