Hi,
Turn the machine off and disconnect the power. Open the case, ground
yourself, and reseat both ends of the controller cable. The intermittency
indicates you may have a loose connection.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"krraleigh" <> wrote in message
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>I seem to be having a problem with my DVD/CD RW and I am not quite sure
>what to do about it. It fails to burn and only occasionally is able to read
>cds.
>
> Used the properties on the device manager to look for an update for this
> DVD/CD RW device and it tells me that I have the latest driver.
>
> However according to the event log I am throwing dozens of warnings and
> even more errors.
> The error data is non specific it just tells me that I have a controller
> error. Can anyone advise on this?
>
> Running:
> Windows Vista Business
> 4 gigs ram
> 256mb nvidia vid card
> 3 gighertz intel on a Gigabit mobo