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Radgam · 05-14-2003, 02:56 PM

OS - WindowsXP SP1
Processor - AthlonXP 2200+
Ram - 512DDR
HD - 80gb

Stats over with, i've got major problems with my drive. If i try to play an audio cd (tried with quite a few) the playback is slightly slower than usual and it skips, jerks and jumps something awful.

Same if i play games, etc. Screen will jump a lot and it's pretty bad (because i presume it's failing to read).

Thought it was connected to things like WinCDR and blindwrite which i installed recently but i got rid of them both and i've still got probs.

Now, it may seem as if the drive has gone completely but, this is the thing that gets me, i use that drive to converting my audio cds to mp3s and while it takes maybe a tad longer than usual, it does extract them fine. Also, it still writes cds fine.

So, any ideas? If it's broke i'm not a happy chappy as it's only 6months-ish old and i have the feeling the stuff i installed caused the problem

Help!

05-14-2003, 02:56 PM	#1
Radgam Member (6 bit) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 56	Teac CD-W540E Problem OS - WindowsXP SP1 Processor - AthlonXP 2200+ Ram - 512DDR HD - 80gb Stats over with, i've got major problems with my drive. If i try to play an audio cd (tried with quite a few) the playback is slightly slower than usual and it skips, jerks and jumps something awful. Same if i play games, etc. Screen will jump a lot and it's pretty bad (because i presume it's failing to read). Thought it was connected to things like WinCDR and blindwrite which i installed recently but i got rid of them both and i've still got probs. Now, it may seem as if the drive has gone completely but, this is the thing that gets me, i use that drive to converting my audio cds to mp3s and while it takes maybe a tad longer than usual, it does extract them fine. Also, it still writes cds fine. So, any ideas? If it's broke i'm not a happy chappy as it's only 6months-ish old and i have the feeling the stuff i installed caused the problem Help! Last edited by Radgam; 05-14-2003 at 03:00 PM.