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DVD +/- RW drive death

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 18:58
by The Incredible...
I have a Sony DVD +/-RW drive in my system and for somereason it seems to be causing my computer to crash or BSOD when i try to eitehr open itunes with an audio cd in the drive or insert a cd in the drive while itunes is open

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 18:59
by FatherJack
Check you haven't got Starforce installed: http://www.glop.org/starforce/remove.php

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 19:00
by Dog Pants
Well, the good news is it doesn't sound like a hardware fault. Other than that I'm not sure.

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 19:04
by Dr. kitteny berk
FatherJack wrote:Check you haven't got Starforce installed: http://www.glop.org/starforce/remove.php
that.

also check the hardware manager thingy for other problems

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 19:10
by The Incredible...
FatherJack wrote:Check you haven't got Starforce installed: http://www.glop.org/starforce/remove.php
having a look through there, how do i get device managert to show non plug and play devices

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 19:12
by Dr. kitteny berk
view > show hidden devices?

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 19:16
by The Incredible...
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:view > show hidden devices?
ok done that and no starforce items

Re: DVD +/- RW drive death

Posted: March 15th, 2007, 20:19
by mrbobbins
The Incredible... wrote:I have a Sony DVD +/-RW drive in my system and for somereason it seems to be causing my computer to crash or BSOD when i try to eitehr open itunes with an audio cd in the drive or insert a cd in the drive while itunes is open
You know what?

This happens to me on occasion, I have trawled the internet looking for solutions, this resulted in fail so now whenever I have to use itunes I simply curse it's unholy name, kick my PC in the shins and then forget about till it happens again.

Oh, if you do find a solution please let me know

Edit: for reference I have a Lite-on and an NEC drive