CD-ROM drive no longer plays audio CDs, other formats okay....

[Reagan Cardwell]

I don't know when it started, I found out yesterday, when I inserted a 
new audio CD I had just bought. I was going to use iTunes to copy the 
songs to my hard drive. iTunes visits each song for a fraction of a 
second, and then moves on, without emitting a sound, to the next song, 
and so on, until it reaches the end of the CD, and then stops. At 
first, I thought it was iTunes 4, which I had just installed a few days 
previously. To verify, I first inserted a CD that had played & copied 
before (some months ago), and got the same result. Then I quit iTunes 
and launched Quicktime. It fails to even open the song file, saying 
that there is an input/output error. So, I popped out the CD, and put 
in a data disc. I was able to launch programs off the disc, read files 
from the disc, etc. -- so, data discs work just fine.

Lastly, I opened Console.app, to look at any error messages that may 
have been printed there. The only thing definitely related was a 
message indicating that the disc mounted successfully. After that, 
nothing. However, I noticed something else, both puzzling and 
disturbing:  an error message that repeats about every 2-3 seconds, 
starting from the moment the machine finished booting up. The message 
reads, "Looking for devices matching vendor ID=1193 and product 
ID=8717."

My configuration is this:
PM7500 w/Powerlogix G3/400
256 MB RAM
2 internal SCSI hard drives
Sony CD-ROM drive (internal SCSI)
Firewire Depot Firewire card
IOGear USB 2.0 card
ATI Xclaim 3D+
Canon USB scanner
Belkin USB hub (w/Palm Hotsync cradle attached)
1 external Firewire drive attached
OS X.2.6 (upgraded shortly after release), iTunes 4.0.1 & QT 6.3 (both 
upgraded after the first symptoms showed).

I've had OS X installed on this machine for about 8 months, with no 
previous problems. I ripped my entire CD collection (nearly 800 of 
them) to MP3s on this machine. I upgraded iTunes and Quicktime, 
thinking that might be the problem, but nooooo.......

BTW, the first time I launched Apple System Profiler, after I notice 
the symptoms, I got the spinning losenge, and the startup drive began 
chattering away -- for a looooooong time. After some time, I tried to 
force quit, but wound up getting the spinning losenge in the Finder, 
too. Nothing I did would kill either of the programs. Before I had a 
chance to give it the 3-finger salute, the Finder announced that it had 
run out of disc space (I had had 1.4 GB available, previously), 
suggesting that I quit programs and close windows. However, Apple 
System Profiler was still busy, and I couldn't force quit it, so I went 
ahead and reset the computer. When the machine had finished starting 
up, I had all that disc space back, but I still couldn't/can't play 
audio CDs.

Can anyone tell me what's the prob? A clue on the audio CD issue, or 
the repeating error message in Console.app issue, would be most 
appreciated.

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