Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!clstad!icallaci From: icallaci@csupomona.edu (Irene Callaci) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: mits. dbl-spd problem Date: 9 May 94 08:30:21 PST Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Lines: 36 Message-ID: <1994May9.083021.1@clstad> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsc.iss.csupomona.edu In article , p3prag01@fsrz1.rz.uni-passau.de (PRAGER THOMAS) writes: > > Hi all, > > I recently bought a Mitsumi double-speed cd-rom drive (FX00something), > installed it properly, and it worked ... at least for an hour or so. > Then suddenly the I was told via error CDR101, that the drive couldn't > read the cd anymore. Quite frustrated, I switched off the whole computer. > The next day I tried the cd-drive again, and it worked but, unfortunately, > after an hour, it was the same procedure. > To me, this seems like some error due to overheating, I guess the laser > can't adjust itself properly for reading the cd. > Has anybody had similiar with the fXXXX drive? Please post! > > Tom > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Day after day, they send my friends away, to mansions cold and grey -- > (Bowie) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't have exactly the same problem, but something similar is happening to me when I play T7G or Myst. If I start the game and then exit to the OS, I CANNOT play it again unless I turn off the PC for several hours because the video is painfully slow and the speech is too choppy to understand. I have a 486-50 with a Toshiba 3401 CDROM and PAS16 sound card. I don't think it's caused by overheating, because all I have to do is turn on my PC, start T7G, exit immediately, then try to start T7G again - the problem appears immediately. I've left the PC off for 15 minutes and then tried it again, and the problem is still there. I have to leave if off for several hours before things are back to normal. It's driving me crazy. Sorry I can't help with your problem, but maybe it has similar roots to yours. Anyone? irene