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Last year I removed theHP 9150i CD writer because the two young sons
were burning audio CDs and leaving them all over the house. I replaced it with the original CD read only DVD unit that the computer came with. Now the boys want it back because they are making a CD for a school project and they want to burn one. So I dug it out of it's box and installed it. Only it does not work! Whenever I put any CD at all in the machine, it starts it's spin up and the computer screen first goes black, then it goes blue with an 08 error message at........... The only way I can get the computer going again is by re booting. If I do a control-alt-delete there are a couple of items (cannot remember which) that are not responding, If I replace the HP unit with the original read only unit I can read any cd. HP has not helped me, except that they charged their $35 fee. Now they are not even sure if they will repair it. The "nice lady" on their help line said the repair would cost about what I paid for it. My reply was "Oh, so you are going to charge me for another one and send it instead of repairing the one I have". She could not even give me any information as to where to send it for repair. Anyone know if this is repairable for less than the cost of a new unit? I paid $115 US for it in '01 and I don't think it has burned more than 25 CDs. It has been sitting in it's shipping/display box for nearly 1 year. Ken |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:51:52 -0600, Ken Pisichko wrote:
The problem is software, drivers, classic read failure leading to bluescreen, but you gave absolutely no indication of your system type or Operating System so one couldn't be much help. Did you try running ForceAspi to replace the current Aspi layer with a known good Aspi? http://www.radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm A bad CDrom will not cause a bluescreen unless there is a problem with software, IF there is a problem with software then it might look like a bad reader. . Steve . Last year I removed theHP 9150i CD writer because the two young sons were burning audio CDs and leaving them all over the house. I replaced it with the original CD read only DVD unit that the computer came with. Now the boys want it back because they are making a CD for a school project and they want to burn one. So I dug it out of it's box and installed it. Only it does not work! Whenever I put any CD at all in the machine, it starts it's spin up and the computer screen first goes black, then it goes blue with an 08 error message at........... The only way I can get the computer going again is by re booting. If I do a control-alt-delete there are a couple of items (cannot remember which) that are not responding, If I replace the HP unit with the original read only unit I can read any cd. HP has not helped me, except that they charged their $35 fee. Now they are not even sure if they will repair it. The "nice lady" on their help line said the repair would cost about what I paid for it. My reply was "Oh, so you are going to charge me for another one and send it instead of repairing the one I have". She could not even give me any information as to where to send it for repair. Anyone know if this is repairable for less than the cost of a new unit? I paid $115 US for it in '01 and I don't think it has burned more than 25 CDs. It has been sitting in it's shipping/display box for nearly 1 year. Ken |
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![]() "Steve(JazzHunter)" wrote in message news ![]() | | The problem is software, drivers, classic read failure leading to | bluescreen, but you gave absolutely no indication of your system type | or Operating System so one couldn't be much help. | | Did you try running ForceAspi to replace the current Aspi layer with a | known good Aspi? http://www.radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm | | A bad CDrom will not cause a bluescreen unless there is a problem with | software, IF there is a problem with software then it might look like | a bad reader. | | . Steve . | | Last year I removed theHP 9150i CD writer because the two young sons | were burning audio CDs and leaving them all over the house. I replaced | it with the original CD read only DVD unit that the computer came with. | | Now the boys want it back because they are making a CD for a school | project and they want to burn one. So I dug it out of it's box and | installed it. Only it does not work! | | Whenever I put any CD at all in the machine, it starts it's spin up and | the computer screen first goes black, then it goes blue with an 08 error | message at........... | | The only way I can get the computer going again is by re booting. If I | do a control-alt-delete there are a couple of items (cannot remember | which) that are not responding, | | If I replace the HP unit with the original read only unit I can read any | cd. | | HP has not helped me, except that they charged their $35 fee. Now they | are not even sure if they will repair it. The "nice lady" on their help | line said the repair would cost about what I paid for it. My reply was | "Oh, so you are going to charge me for another one and send it instead | of repairing the one I have". She could not even give me any information | as to where to send it for repair. | | Anyone know if this is repairable for less than the cost of a new unit? | I paid $115 US for it in '01 and I don't think it has burned more than | 25 CDs. It has been sitting in it's shipping/display box for nearly 1 | year. | | Ken | I know it sounds like a long shot but when I had one of these I found there was nothing wrong with the drive but it was /very/ picky about it's media. Try a different brand of CDR to see if that makes the error go away and also try warming the CD up very gently with a blow dryer before putting it in to the drive to read (I know it sounds silly but it worked for me every time!). |
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A bad CDrom will not cause a bluescreen unless there is a problem with
software, IF there is a problem with software then it might look like a bad reader. You can have a bluescreen error related to a CD-ROM's inability to read the disc. One such error simply asks you to insert the CD back into the drive, which can result if the disc is having trouble being read by the drive. However, other times the system will simply hang, with everything being frozen as the system waits for the drive when it's having problems reading a disc. (Which was a constant hassle with my old Philips OMNIwriter 26A, which was a rebadged Ricoh. The piece of junk has since been replaced by a Sony. MUCH more reliable.) Sometimes those bluescreen prompts aren't the result of a system crash, although you get a bluescreen mainly due to a problem like a fatal exception error. - Reinhart |
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The CD ROM has most likely become defective for whatever reason. You can
buy a good burner for about 50 to 80 bucks or so. It will come bundled with its own working software and latest updates. You must first uninstall the old software before installing the new drive. There is no support for servicing these drives. The labour for a skilled tech and the investment of a service set-up would never warrant to service something this low in cost. When I get one of these fail, which they do from time to time, I just go out and get another one. They take about 15 minutes to change, including the software installation. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "Ken Pisichko" wrote in message ... Last year I removed theHP 9150i CD writer because the two young sons were burning audio CDs and leaving them all over the house. I replaced it with the original CD read only DVD unit that the computer came with. Now the boys want it back because they are making a CD for a school project and they want to burn one. So I dug it out of it's box and installed it. Only it does not work! Whenever I put any CD at all in the machine, it starts it's spin up and the computer screen first goes black, then it goes blue with an 08 error message at........... The only way I can get the computer going again is by re booting. If I do a control-alt-delete there are a couple of items (cannot remember which) that are not responding, If I replace the HP unit with the original read only unit I can read any cd. HP has not helped me, except that they charged their $35 fee. Now they are not even sure if they will repair it. The "nice lady" on their help line said the repair would cost about what I paid for it. My reply was "Oh, so you are going to charge me for another one and send it instead of repairing the one I have". She could not even give me any information as to where to send it for repair. Anyone know if this is repairable for less than the cost of a new unit? I paid $115 US for it in '01 and I don't think it has burned more than 25 CDs. It has been sitting in it's shipping/display box for nearly 1 year. Ken |
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Dumb questions:
1. You HAVE verified that the master-slave-only jumper is set correctly? Right? 2. You HAVE verified that the BIOS in the machine is set to AUTO or something similar for the relevant IDE channel? Right? webpa |
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