faulty CD drive or faulty computer? 1

[bublathejuggla]

i recently installed a CDROM in my PC that was taken from my old PC where it was working fine. since then, whenever i try to read from a CD, the system crashes.

i have replaced the CDROM with a new one, which was working fine for a little while but now creates the same problem.

i am assuming its may be a faulty power supply?

other suggestions are welcome

 

[Mulga]

Are you running the CD as a slave to your HDD or is it on a separate channel? If the latter I would be more inclined to think it is the IDE controller on the motherboard or the IDE cable. First try another cable, if that does not fix it install the cd as a slave on your primary IDE channel, you will have to change the jumpers on the cd before installation. If it is ok there it means your secondary controller is bad. You could try removing it in device manager and letting Windows reinstall it on reboot but it is probably hardware, not much you can do there short of a new mobo All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.