My CD-ROM makes noises too!!

[mventour]

Ok, so we got this fairly new PC from my uncle. 200MHz, 64M RAM, 48X CDROM. It played music CDs without a peep but when we tried to use data CDs, it started to make the same kind of jammed paper sound that another thread described. What the hell is going on?

 

[Karl Blessing]

you may want to check your CD drivers, and no offence but I wouldnt call 200Mhtz/64Megs &quot;fairly new&quot;, Audio CDs, are played right on the CDrom with no help from software(Depending on th player) and the audio cord is connected directly to the soundcard. Data , it may be bad drivers, and need to reinstall drivers, or what not, also what kinds of CDs have you tried lately, just regular Silver company made types, or those Blue/Green/Gold burned types? <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[edfair]

Reading data from a cd is pretty much like reading from a floppy or a hard drive. Looks for one sector at a time and if it can't find it or can't read it then it sends head to home for recalibration then tries again.<br>Try several cds with programs on them, you may find that the cd is sensitive to the type of cd you have installed and some may read.<br>There is also a cleaning disk you might want to try. Cleans dust out. But I must disclose that I'm a stockholder, so go cautiously. <p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: efair@atlnet.com> efair@atlnet.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. <br>
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[ATCal]

Another factor that can cause the Cd to &quot;chatter&quot; is the print on the top. Some CDs have a lot of ink which seems to make them unbalanced especially at higher speeds (48x). Try different CDs and compare the difference. How the drive is mounted in the case can also make a difference as to how it performs. Try loosening the four screws that hold the drive in. Some cheaper case bays are not very true, and cock the drive when it is tightened making it unbalanced.Also remember that audio tracks are played at relatively slow speed.<br>The driver should have nothing to do with the actual performance of the drive. <br>Hope this helps. <p>Al<br><a href=mailto: atc-computing@home.com> atc-computing@home.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

Hmm good point ATCal, but there has been situations, where I had a few burned CD, that did that drive noise thing, before finally came back saying that the CD was a huge 74Min Audio track instead of data track(musta been multisessions or something) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[mventour]

Oh my God! When I said fairly new I meant that the parts were fairly new, not the config. I too wondered about the drivers, but it is supposed to be a Win95 compatible drive. Wouldn't Windows do all the&nbsp;&nbsp;driver stuff. And all the data CDs we used at the time were the silver 'burnable' types. I don't know if that is the problem, the whole 'I don't like burned CDs' thing. Frankly, we got really tired of the 'blue-screen-of-death' popping up, So we decided to give it a rest. We haven't used the drive since. We were waiting for suggestions from you guys.

 

[edfair]

Don't worry about the new. Karl likes to be on the bleeding edge. See his 54 reply post.<br>What IDE port are you on with the CDR?&nbsp;&nbsp;What switch settings? do you have another CDR you could borrow and use for testing? That should eliminate drivers. <br>And do you have access to another ribbon cable? <p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: efair@atlnet.com> efair@atlnet.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. <br>
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[DJ2000]

If you have a creative 48x CD-ROM Drive then the sound problem is fine. It is normal in this drive. I also have a Creative 48X CD-ROM Drive. It also makes a loud sound (like the starting of an Air Conditioner). Just press the MODE button and the sound will go away.<br><br>Best of Luck.<br><br>DJ<br><A HREF="mailto:darshan@joggroup.com">darshan@joggroup.com</A>

 

[mventour]

I don't know if I could con one of my cousins to use their CDR for testing. They are really afraid of the idea of their comp being open (the case that is). And I haven't used it in DOS yet. Lately, I haven't been getting 'the blue screen' when reading CDs but it still makes the noise. I'm not too eager to open it mainly because there's too much cable to go through (lazy I guess). I'll work on that CDR and keep you up-to-date on this thing.