Re: Loose cable?

[John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>]

Yes, I'd crack the box and check the connections at the drive.  I'd 
also reseat the cable at the motherboard or card end >AND< I'd reseat 
all the cards while you're there, too.

On the offchance you're having thermal problems, download a free 
utility called "SpeedFan" and run it to make sure you're not having 
overheating problems.

If worse comes to worst, Fry's Online (www.outpost.com) has 20X 
DVD-R/+R/RW/RAM burners for $30.

John

At 12:06 PM 11/19/2007, you wrote:
>The DVD/CD drive on my second-hand computer sometimes functions. I have
>tracked the error down to a message that basically means I need a new
>cable connection between the drive and the rest of the machine. Should I
>trust this message? Is there anything else I can do before I crack the
>box?

Yours truly,

John Hedtke
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