Hello, I need some help!!! If I pull anymore of my hair out, I am going to look like Kojac.

This is a CD-R issue, with playing - not a vcd or dvd issue.

I have a Dell 4400 (XP) and NEC 7900a burner. I am now unable to play CD-R's. But I am able to play a manufactured CD. The other thing is, I cant play a CD-R that I burned and played on my burner a few weeks ago. I havent updated any hardware or drivers, and I rolled back system update to the day before I was able to burn the cd's and play them (in case a microsoft update jammed me up). 

The thing is, it seems bizarre I can play a normal cd, but not a burned one - especially since I burned it with recorder.....I am thinking maybe driver issue, but just doesnt make sense.

I just cant figure out why I can play a manufactured cd, but not a cd-r, and not a cd-r that was burned on this same machine 2 weeks ago!!!! I am thinking drivers or firmware - but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Here is what I have done so far:
-I uninstalled the hardware, and reinstalled it. 
-Then I checked my aspi - somehow that was missing. reinstalled version 4.71 - now my aspi is good.

-Then I checked device manager - no issue with cd drive

-Reinstalled old roxio patch for nec 7900a (keep in mind, I am not burning right now - just want to play)

-Inserted the resourcecd from dell, but it doesnt give an option to update or reinstall drivers for the cd drive. 

Still - can play a professional music cd, but the cd-r isnt recognized and it locks up my computer. Again - I burned this cd and played it on here the last few weeks, so I am at a complete loss.

Thanks in advance.

-patrick

Message Edited by phillygolf on 02-24-2004 08:26 PM

Message Edited by phillygolf on 02-24-2004 08:26 PM