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Jimstep
12-18-2001, 02:47 AM
I upgraded my system from an Intel 233Mhz mmx to an AMD Athlon TB 1.4Ghz recently and have the strangest problem with the CDROM drive.

After a period of time, the cdrom drive will stop spinning the cdrom and go into an idle state. At this point in time, when an interrupt for the cdrom is generated, I will get a blue screen saying something about a lost device. The cdrom drive will start flashing its light and start spinning the cdrom up to speed. At this point, I push enter and everything is okay.

Why is the device being lost after entering its idle state?

Sterling_Aug
12-18-2001, 12:44 PM
I would check for updated firmware for the CDROM drive from the manufacturer.

A new CD drive is fairly cheap, so you may want to upgrade then.