[ale] flakey CDROM drive

[Raylynn A. Knight]

I have 3 different Plextor drives that use the caddy and have experienced
this same problem with the clicking noise and then caddy ejection.  It's not
the CD-ROM that is causing this it's the caddy.  I recommend you purchase a
new caddy, the one you have may be slightly warped.

Ray Knight
audilvr at bellsouth.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Michael
> Hirsch
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 10:00 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] flakey CDROM drive
>
>
> Ever since I upgraded my MB/CPU and moved it into a new case my CDROM
> drive has been flakey.  There are some CDs it reads fine.  Others that
> if finds errors in.  And some that it can't read at all.
>
> For instance, when I put a Windows 98 upgrade disc in the drive, the
> drive makes a bunch of clicky sounds, then ejects the caddy.  Now it
> might be just that the new CPU has better taste in OSes that the old
> one, but I'd really like to get things working again.
>
> Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior?  (BTW, I've had no problem
> reading these discs on other machines.)  The drive is a plextor SCSI
> drive circa early 1996.
>
> Is it time to bite the bullet and just buy a new drive?  Any
> suggestions on a good yet inexpensive cd-r drive?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Michael
>