My CD-ROM Drive Died

**My CD-ROM Drive Died -** 11-28-2003, 06:38 PM

Im not sure whats wrong with it but it stopped working i was listing to music and all the sudden the disc sounded like it jumped and the drive made a loud scratching noise and the drive stopped working any suggestions to what happened? it still hasn't worked for the past week cuss:

Littletoy · 11-28-2003, 06:43 PM

Uhhm... not sure, but i think it was overheathed cry:

Sergeant_Scrotum · 11-28-2003, 07:22 PM

did you get the CD out?

[MOD]Gen.WikiWeaponn · 11-28-2003, 09:56 PM

Ah so sad... The same thing has happened to me before with an old disc. This is a problem i hear about a lot. More often though, you hear a loud pop, then when you get your cd out, it has a perfectly straight radius cut effectively destoying the cd.

Among the list of fallen cd's from people i know are Soundblaster Drivers, Unreal Tournament, and Need for Speed.

I know this happens with one particualr drive though i only rfemeber what it looks like not the name of it. Move on and buy another drive, it's the only thing you can do.

Sergeant_Scrotum · 11-28-2003, 10:24 PM

I heard it happens often in 52X cd drives. Iv never had any real problems with my 42X

Fireal · 11-28-2003, 10:37 PM

CD drives are only 30 bucks. IF you need the cd, just get a hammer, the drive's toast anyway

Bucknub · 11-28-2003, 10:42 PM

ya, they are cheap and easy to install.. just get a new one

Fireal · 11-28-2003, 10:45 PM

I remember, my floppy drive was fucked, and i needed the contents of the floppy, i used the hammer, and swung too hard andsmashed the disk

9mm BeRetTa · 11-28-2003, 11:49 PM

same thing happened to me but twice in a year. the computer was going through cd drives like water, i was so pissed. it just stopped reading all the cds. finally i got a cd-burner and its held up so far so good.

Madmartagen · 11-29-2003, 12:07 AM

get a pioneer 16x dvd rom for $30 bucks or so. ive heard those are the best ones out there, and mine hasnt given me trouble at all for years. ive broken a total of 2 drives the exact same way. i keep my tower on the floor and have a swivel chair. i opened my plextor cdrw to take out a disk, but i turned around for some reason and my knee struck the tray and broke it off of its track.

Poseidon · 11-29-2003, 01:48 AM

just get a little pin shove it in the hole on your cd drive.

it should open!

Cool Fool · 11-29-2003, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m1ck97

just get a little pin shove it in the hole on your cd drive.

it should open!

yeah, that's what i was about to say stupid:
why the hell do you need to hammer the damn thing? just rip someone off and sell it to them

11-29-2003, 01:41 PM

the drive opens thank god and the disc was fine too but it still does not work this is what AIDA32 said my cd-rom is

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B Hitachi-LG CD-RW 32x/10x/40x

Cool Fool · 11-30-2003, 01:43 AM

hitachi drives suck.

gtboys34 · 11-30-2003, 07:46 PM

All i got to say is...... |OWNT|