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Asus sata dvdrw driving me insane
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    Asus sata dvdrw driving me insane

    Hi guys..
    I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas on the following .
    I removed my ide burner to use in my other computer and purchased a new sony sata dvd burner. Installed burner and bios as well as Vista recognized the drive but whenever i inserted a disk(cd or dvd) explorer crashed.

    Tried everything even the microsoft fixes. I returned drive this morning and got a sata Asus drive . Eveything get recognized but occasionally it will cause explorer to crash as well. Have reinstalled windows with ide burner as even when i boot from bios with vista disk it will only get so far and then freeze.

    Even with fresh install it does work but hangs sometimes(to many) and i have to go to device manager and disable then enable for it to work again, Or hard reset if explorer has crashed.
    Have updated firmware in drive

    any ideas would be appreciated,

    Thanks Dan


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    pupick Guest

    Re: Asus sata dvdrw driving me insane

    The problem is probably not in the two drives as both cause similar
    problems.
    Problems like this are most often caused by failing hard drive or failing
    power supply (or power supply that is simply inadequate, which describes
    nearly every power supply used in off the shelf retail computer boxes).
    If you can boot the computer the first thing you should do is back up your
    data somehow.
    If you are unable to troubleshoot the problem on your own you will have to
    use a computer repair facility.


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    westom Guest

    Re: Asus sata dvdrw driving me insane

    On May 10, 5:04 am, danjohn1 <gu...@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:

    > Tried everything even the microsoft fixes. I returned drive this
    > morning and got a sata Asus drive . Everything get recognized but
    > occasionally it will cause explorer to crash as well.
    So the manufacturer provided no diagnostics to confirm the hardware
    is OK? Instead left you guessing it must be this or must be that
    or ...

    Well, the power supply 'system' which is more than just a supply is
    one of the few items that can actually crash a good multitasking OS.
    30 seconds with the multimeter would answer your questions
    immediately. In you case, while trying to access drive, measure
    voltages on any one of purple, orange, red, and yellow wires. Those
    voltages must exceed 3.23, 4.87, and 11.7. Any voltage too low only
    when the drive is installed tells you which voltage needs a current
    that is higher. IOW read the current for that voltage. Get a power
    supply that provides more current on that voltage. Then use the meter
    to confirm the new supply is sufficient.

    Remember, a defective power supply can still boot a computer. Only
    the meter can see the defect. A retail computer supply rated at maybe
    350 watts is the same supply hyped to computer assemblers as 500
    watts. Those watt numbers are not useful. Useful is current for each
    voltage.

    Meanwhile, if voltages are sufficient (after confirming those
    numbers here), then move on to other suspects. Again, the suspects
    are few.

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