Windows XP reboots with use of DVD-ROM

[abassoli]

Hello, friends,
I'm having a problem with my XP home and the use of the DVDRW disc. Every time I try to use the DVD recorder - to listen to a CD, to record a CD, to watch or record a DVD - after a while my computer starts to make small sound signals and, all of a sudden, re-starts... one of these times, I saw a blue screen before restarting.
I've already changed the DVD-recorder unit (it is an LG unit, now and before), and after two weeks the problem re=started. Can you tell me wether this is a motherboard problem, software problem or DVDRW unit problem?
Thanks a lot!
ARNALDO

 

[Ploper001]

Have you tried swapping the connectors around on the motherboard? Assuming your Hard Drive is on one connector and the DVD-RW on another, you can just swap around the connectors at the motherboard end without any problems - if you start getting problems starting windows or writing/reading to the Hard Drive, then you know you have a faulty IDE socket (which doesn't necessarily require a new motherboard since you have the HDD and DVD-RW on the same IDE channel i.e. same IDE cable).

Another possibility is power. Try running it for a while without plugging in one or more power-hungry devices - perhaps remove a stick of RAM if you have two, or remove a PCI sound card etc. and see if the problem persists.

 

[firewolfrl]

reed my post in this thread...the filter driver may be corrupt

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1291877