On Tue, 11 May 2004 15:01:28 +0200, you wrote: Hi,
>well... when i turn on my pc, the green led of the cdrom reader blinks, the >tray opens and closes regularly but i cannot read any data from there. i >tried this morning to connect the cdrom to a pc with win98. bios detected >the device on boot and win98 detected it as new hardware and installed it, >but when i put a cd into the reader, it was not able to read the disk. It should be a coincidence, DOS have no ability to damage firmware without the manufacturer's upgrade program. Try to use the "CD-ROM cleaning DISC" which have some brush to clean the laser head, or if you have some hardware experience, try to disassemble CD-ROM and clean the head with soft cloth, best if you have those camera air pump with brush. Lifetime of a 52x CD-ROM is short, I've some slow 16x or even 4x still working fine, but the 40x or above die soon. Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
