>The CD Drive on my 3400 OS 8.6 is acting strange. > >Insert a CD and > no sound of things whirring > the desk top freezes > >At first I got a "cannot recognize do you want to initialize" box, >but now the freezing. No matter what sort of CD I put in. > >I wondered if maybe it had to do with external devices, but my >SyQuest boots. Of course if there is a CD in the drive, when the SQ >boots, nothing, the DeskTop is frozen. Release the CD and the SyQuest >appears. > >I tried a cleaning CD and it sounded like it was whirring. No effect though. > >Advise is appreciated. >Cliff
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