Check IDE cable, also check MOLEX connector. IMHO the CDROM is dying quickly. On 08 Sep 2004 11:48:33 +0530, kaushal <kaushal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > I have a strange problem.My cd rom drive opens the cd sometimes > and sometimes it won't.When cd is inserted and it starts reading it, the > screen(display) becomes garbled and the system gets stuck.I will have to > mannually restart the system. > > Also most of the times when I start my system,the power led glows but > the system doesn't actually startup then again when I restart the system > manually then alone it starts up. > > The first problem happens in WindowsXp most of the times and sometimes > in Linux too. > > Please help me in this aspect or atleast give me few CHECK POINTS by > which I can diagnose the problem. > > Thanks in advance. > Regards- > kaushal > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
