There is a setting in Windows Media Player to Turn on Error Corrections, some Members mentioned this helped theris.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link
Many thanks - have tried it, unfortunately problem persists, also got an error message (using Window Media Player v 10.00.00.3646), which Microsoft says is:
Product: Windows Operating System ID: 9 Source: atapi Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_TIMEOUT Message: The device, %1, did not respond within the timeout period. Explanation - The attempt to read or write data timed out.
User Action - If there is a disc in the CD-ROM drive, it might need replacing or cleaning.
Interestingly, Creative Media Source v 1.00.61 CD player seems OK with the drive, as does RealPlayer v 10.5 The fickle finger of fate seems to be pointing to Window Media Player.
Considering the drive works with the other players, I too would tend to lean toward WMP. I have some limited information, you may have already seen this but I`ll post it anyway. Click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 8-3, articles 15 & 17.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link
A quick update - changing the autoplay settings to 'default' has overcome the inability to read the proprietary CD. But proprietary audio CDs are still a problem: in that the *first* audio CD will play OK, but thereafter the system will not detect subsequent audio CDs.
Final update: after extensive testing with the help of Dell support last week (e.g., express and extended tesks using Dell Resource CD [+]), the drive was declared faulty and has been replaced today under extended warranty cover. The drive was exactly a year old.
Regards,
Dave.
[+] where the IDE CDROM section took half an hour to complete 2% of the corresponding test, due to extensive error messages: Extended test: "Error Code 0F00:021B Block 92 Flaw in medium or an error in the recorded data ...", etc.
Predator
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February 14th, 2005 10:00
Hi Dave,
There is a setting in Windows Media Player to Turn on Error Corrections, some Members mentioned this helped theris.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
Dave Purdy
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February 14th, 2005 12:00
Jeff,
Many thanks - have tried it, unfortunately problem persists, also got an error message (using Window Media Player v 10.00.00.3646), which Microsoft says is:
ID: 9
Source: atapi
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_TIMEOUT
Message: The device, %1, did not respond within the timeout period.
Explanation - The attempt to read or write data timed out.
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February 14th, 2005 15:00
Hi Dave,
Considering the drive works with the other players, I too would tend to lean toward WMP.
I have some limited information, you may have already seen this but I`ll post it anyway. Click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 8-3, articles 15 & 17.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
Dave Purdy
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February 23rd, 2005 08:00
Jeff - thanks again. Unfortunately the drive will now not recognise a proprietary software CD (Nero):
"Please insert a disk into drive D:"
NB Drive E: is fine.
Any other suggestions appreciated - or is it time to log a fault with Dell ?
Regards,
Dave.
Dave Purdy
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February 23rd, 2005 09:00
Dave Purdy
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March 7th, 2005 15:00
Final update: after extensive testing with the help of Dell support last week (e.g., express and extended tesks using Dell Resource CD [+]), the drive was declared faulty and has been replaced today under extended warranty cover. The drive was exactly a year old.
Regards,
Dave.
[+] where the IDE CDROM section took half an hour to complete 2% of the corresponding test, due to extensive error messages: Extended test: "Error Code 0F00:021B Block 92 Flaw in medium or an error in the recorded data ...", etc.
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March 7th, 2005 15:00
Dave:
Thanks for the update. Well done, your persistance paid off.