It`s been a week when I used my CD-Rom. I been playing PC Games then one day when I insert a CD in the CD-Rom it won`t auto-play then I went to "My Computer" click the Drive E then it says "Please insert CD in the Drive E.. I don`t know what to do every games that we own won`t work (won`t read)
2006-12-26 09:39:32 · 9 answers · asked by Yesha 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It happened to me as well. I got a lens cleaner and it worked!
Hope that helps.
Hasnain Mir Mohammed
2006-12-26 09:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by Hasnain Mir Mohammed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was conditional (Audio CDs work but Data CDs don't) then it could be a Windows problem. Since there are AutoPlay settings in Windows.
If it's all types of CDs, and not only one type of information, then it could be a problem with the drive itself.
You may want to check the connections from the HD to the motherboard. If it hasn't had anything done to it, like hardware installation or removal, then it's likely not a problem with the IDE or power connections.
You can try using pressurized air to clean the drive of dust and debris.
If you can get to the laser lens on the drive, you can use a q-tip and isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to clean the lens, flip the q-tip and dry it with the other side immediately. If you don't dry the alcohol right away it will leave a smear on the lens and it won't read.
CD-rom drives (not burners) are very cheap, so don't even consider bringing it for repair, the labor would cost more than a new drive.
2006-12-26 09:51:33 · answer #2 · answered by π² 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Hasnain Mir Mohammed. You most likely have a problem with the CD laser. CD drives have a laser which shoots a beam of light on to the CD. Over a period of time, grime can form on the lens of the laser making it impossible to play CD. You can purchase a lens cleaner for $15.00 at your local computer store. Run the lens cleaner and see if it solves the problem. If not then there is a good possibility that the laser has burnt out. A CD drive has a life expectancy of 50,000 hours of use. Afterwards, the laser begins to fail.
Other culprits are less likely, such as a corrupted driver or a loose connection between the CD drive and the motherboard.
2006-12-26 10:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know how, try checking the connection cables inside you PC that connects the CD-Rom to the board. If it's ok, then your CD-Rom might be damaged. Try the disc on other PC. Maybe like the other guy suggested. Clean the lens of your CD-Rom.
2006-12-26 09:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by ndrewlow 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Problems reading and writing CDs are common. In many cases, the problem cn be solved by checking the PC with free software, hardware modifications and cleaning the CD drive. I found the information at http://fixit.in/cdrdrive.html useful.
2006-12-29 00:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be that your cd drive just broke, since it worked with your games before but just suddenly stopped working. my cd drive broke after like 5 years. is your computer an old computer?
2006-12-26 09:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by buckyball378 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If via "dat" you propose records, then there are 2 theory procedures of reading the records off an optical disk (the technical term for DVDs, CDs, UMDs, Blu-Rays, HD-DVDs etc) that are used. One for ROM-marked optical disks, including CD-ROM, and one for R, RW or RE disks, like CD-R, DVD-RW and BD-RE. In ROM media, the records is in an rather long, tightly-wound spiral, it quite is so long that if it have been stretched out, could be 5 kilometres, or 3.5 miles! This spiral, in case you looked at it with a microscope on the shiney area, could be an prolonged line of microscopic bumps in probably random places. those bumps is what your records is. Now interior the participant a laser is fired on the spiral because of the fact the CD performs. while it hits a bump, it reflects off and hits a sensor, which registers it as a "a million" in binary code. while it hits everywhere else on the CD (referred to as "land"), the laser bounces off despite the fact that it misses the sensor and it registers as a "0" and that's it On a R or RW media. somewhat of bumps and lands, the whole aluminium sheet is intense adequate that as a techniques because of the fact the sensor could sign in, it sort of looks like one huge bump and while the laser bounces off, everywhere on the disk could sign in as a "a million" So there is the "a million" yet what with regard to the "0?" nicely they call it burning CDs for a reason. once you're burning a disk, the laser is grew to become as much as be extra useful. at the same time as the shiney aluminium foil is there as in a ROM disk, coating this is a skinny layer of clean cloth that turns darkish while hit via an invaluable warmth source, for that reason this is the extra useful laser. while the traditional laser hits the unburned area, it reflects off and hits the sensor and registers as "a million", yet while it hits the blistered aspects, it can't mirror to the sensor and registers as a "0", and that's it!
2016-11-23 18:25:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe u turned off ur cd rom....and you have to turn it on so it will read the cds
2006-12-26 09:42:07 · answer #8 · answered by Paula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first shut down your PC and then restsart then retry CD.
then check device manager and verify CD is working proerly.
Re load driver if problems persist
2006-12-26 09:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by da pctuner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋