Acer 50x cdrom player

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Try to clean the lens with any quality CD-lens cleaner.If that doesn't
help get it checked by a technician.
regards,
ssg MS-MVP

t1021ru wrote:
> I use WINXP Home with sp2 and all updates. My Acer 50x cdrom player is not
> working. When I insert any cd the drives spins up but then my system boots.
> According to WINXP Device Manager the drive is working properly. Any help
> would be appreciated.

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Hi Ron,
I do agree.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Ron Martell wrote:
> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Try to clean the lens with any quality CD-lens cleaner.If that doesn't
>>help get it checked by a technician.
>
>
> Current prices are of CDROM drives are so low that it is cheaper to
> purchase a new drive than it is to pay a technician to test one.
>
> My distributor no longer even lists CDROM drives on their price lists
> because CDRW drives have also gotten very cheap.
>
> Tiger Direct lists CDROM drives starting at $US16.99 and CDRWs
> starting at $US24.99. Other retailers should have comparable prices.
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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Most CD, and DVD, drives all use the standard MS device drivers, so it
should be built into XP already. You can also look for updated drive
firmware and see if this would correct your problem.

As previous said, CDRom only drives are "disappearing". Your best bet is to
replace it with a DVD drive (Rom or _/+RW).


"Bill F" <BillF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F1B0919-ED2C-4057-8BC0-2E9B3AC4DEC2@microsoft.com...
> Before you go out and buy another device, you might want to check that you
> have the latest/correct driver installed. I have an Acer drive as well,
> and
> until I finally found/installed the right/latest driver, I was having all
> kinds of problems with the drive in XP. One good site for downloading Acer
> drivers is http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/.
> Bill F
>
> "t1021ru" wrote:
>
>> I use WINXP Home with sp2 and all updates. My Acer 50x cdrom player is
>> not
>> working. When I insert any cd the drives spins up but then my system
>> boots.
>> According to WINXP Device Manager the drive is working properly. Any
>> help
>> would be appreciated.