PC reboots upon inserting disc in CDRW drive 1

[goombawaho]

Okay, just as the title suggests. If I put a CD-R (blank or written) into the drive with the PC running, it reboots the PC upon CLOSING the CDRW door. If I put the CD in before the PC starts, it's fine and I can burn a CD. But, when I eject the CD, it reboots the PC.

The previous CD-ROM drive was working just fine. Only upon replacing it did the problem surface.

My System - all vintage approx. 2002 except the CDRW drive
ASUS A7V-233
Antec 400W power supply
TSSTCorp CDDVDW SH-S202J
RAID 1 array using onboard RAID (2 drives)
Only the CDRW is on the IDE controller

What I tried:
Replaced the drive with another exact physical unit (swore it was defective) but problem followed with the new unit.

Moved the drive from Secondary Master to Primary Master. This worked for a few weeks and then the problem started happening again.

IDEAS
1. I'm thinking this is a power supply issue, even with a great power supply like an Antec, it's 5 plus years old.

2. My only other thought is to unplug the IDE cable and then insert a CD and open and close the drive to see if it still reboots without any connection to the motherboard.

Any other ideas??? Comments on my two ideas above??

 

[goombawaho]

I wouldn't go that far. All PS die some day. Mine has been trouble free for 5.5 years. There are certainly a lot cheaper power supplies you can buy than Antec.

 

[BadBigBen]

There are certainly a lot cheaper power supplies you can buy than Antec.

True, and some may even be better...

fun aside... I had a similar problem with a Dual XEON board... PC would POST, recognize both CPU, would crash upon install of XP... took out CPU 2, and XP would install no problem... turned out, after a week of troubleshooting, to be the PSU, it would reset as soon as CPU 2 was activated by the HAL...

PS: it was a TAGAN... which had worked flawless for 4 yrs. until the customer threw the case 6 ft. across the room...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[goombawaho]

Ok - time to end this thread. Thanks to all contributors.

The moral of the story - when all else logical fails, change the power supply just to see.