Bad CD\DVD Drive?

[chrome0011]

Ok, getting these errors in the event viewer in XP:

The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.

When the error happens, it usually lists it as occurring 5-8 times in a row. Sometimes it causes the PC to hang for a moment, sometimes it causes a permanent hang, and I'm forced to restart.

I followed the microsoft knowledgebase first, which said it may be a bad cable, so I changed it (SATA). No change.

Next I tried moving it to a different set of SATA ports on the mobo, so that it would be on a different controller. No change.

So, I'm down to either mobo problems (SATA controller?) or dvd drive problems.

This is all on an evga 680i mobo and a Samsung DVD/CD drive.

Any thoughts? Thanks to all who reply...

 

[montag451]

Best way is to try that unit out in another system.
That way you will know if the unit is to blame, or something else.

 

[robisbell]

how long has it been happening, if it's recent, I would say a defective drive and rma it.

 

[chrome0011]

It's been happening intermittently since I built the PC, about a month and a half now. Would that error message point to a defective drive, though? It referred to a "controller error"... that makes me think mobo... does anyone have any experience with the 680i and SATA DVD drives?

 

[robisbell]

well, have you had any problems with your hard drives? if not, then I'd say the drive in question is defective.

 

[chrome0011]

Thanks robisbell, I'm going to try to RMA the drive... I'll post an update when the new one is installed.