Posted by Mike S. on 02/17/07 22:27

In article <QbedncYQbt26xUrYnZ2dnUVZ_o-knZ2d@comcast.com>,
Boris <Boris> wrote:
>I'm running WinXP Home with a Plextor 708A burner. It's been working
>fine for about two years.
>
>Today, I went to view a DVD movie, and it played the movie fine.
>
>I then inserted a store bought audio CD, but the drive wouldn't even
>recognize it. I tried a CD with data on it (my router set up cd), and
>the Plextor wouldn't recognize it either.
>
>If I go into Windows Explorer, it shows the drive, but nothing listed as
>files.
>
>Device manager reports the device is working fine.
>
>When I insert a CD, the drive's light blinks amber for about 2 minutes,
>while on screen I see a flashing cd icon, like Windows is hunting for the
>cd data. After about 2 minutes, the drive's light turns green and
>flashes 5 times, then stops, and flashes five times, then
>stops...forever.
>
>Any ideas why the Plextor reads DVDs, but not CD anymore?

Laser burnout?

Run the Plextor self-diagnostic using a good quality CDR (e.g. Taiyo Yuden
cyanine).

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