Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "Scott A. May" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: CD Rom woes Date: 14 Feb 1994 18:01:08 +0200 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 18 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: Reply-To: "Scott A. May" NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-Path: <@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU,@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU:smay01@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU> Comments: To: Bryn Groves Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list CDROM-L To: CDROM-L Redistribution In-Reply-To: <9402140829.AA23937@bigcat.missouri.edu> This is a long shot, but hey, it happened to me: Is there any way to check the lens of your CD drive? I have a manual-load Mitsumi and once it simply refused to read discs. Since you can actually see the lens on my unit, I noticed a chunk of fuzz was obscuring the laser. I removed it and it worked fine. You never know... I have a friend who has the auto-loading Mitsumi 2x drive and he has some of the problems you describe. Usually it's because he tries to access it too soon afte inserting a disc. Sometimes he actually has to eject and insert it again for the drive to acknowledge the disc. Sound familiar? Finally, check your drive's controller card to make sure the ribbons are secure and the card is fully seated. You might try moving the card to a different slot, just for grins. Hope your problems clear up. Scott