Sony cdu5211 cdrom under windows 2k :(

[thefly]

I'm having serious problems with my sony cdu5211 rom drive under win2k.

It has a heck of a time reading burned cds. Kodac media. The drive tends to read the cd for a while, then when the drive spins down it won't read the disk again. Interestingly the same drive reads the cds fine under win98. (multiboot w98&win2k)

Anyone have a fix for this problem? Update drivers for win2k?

It's really odd. The cd will read perfectly for a few mins and then go into a trance inwhich it won't spin the drive up and can't see to read the drive.

Why would it work under one os and not the other?

All the disks i burnt under win98 6 months ago don't read in this drive while under win2k. But in 98, it's not a problem.

Any brainy ideas?

thanks.

:)

[whooping_a_panda]

i would say look for new or updated drivers for it, but other than that, its quite a stumper. Does it only do that wiht the kodak media or all CD-Rs?

[thefly]

Well, it does read a cdrw i burnt this morning. It's an exact copy of the kodac cd. Works 100%

I figure the lazer is fishy so i've returned the drive. Hopefully get a replacement for it this week.

The kicker was that it finally stopped reading under win98. So, i guess it was on it's way out.

[It_The_Cow]

How old do your discs usually last? If I'm not mistaken, Kodacs are fairly cheap. Even if they're not, age might play a part in your troubles. If you already haven't you might want to install Service Pack 2. It's supposed to fix many problems

[thefly]

Kodac cds are suppose to be really good. These cds are typically less than a year old. And even the ones I burned in the last couple of days don't work in this drive.

sp2 is installed. ;)

Anyway, hopefully after the RMA I'll have a working drive.