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CDROM Boot Problem

Hey,

Today, while using WinAmp 2.0, my CDRW drive suddenly stopped playing.  WinAmp had crashed, so I closed the application and went into My Computer, no CDRW was listed.  I rebooted, and now on every shutdown, it takes an extended period of time, and rebooting stops at the Manf. splash screen until the CDROM stops blinking its busy light (approx 2 mins.)  The drive cannot read any type of CD, and when opened and closed will continue to blink the busy light for about 2 mins.

I have Windows XP SP1
No BIOS updates available
THe CDROM shows up in device manager as HL-DT-ST CR-RW GCE-8320B (as it always has)
No hardware has been added or removed, though I did however open the computer and unplug all the cables and reconnect them (to the same connectors.) The CDROM has worked after I did this though.
The driver is the default windows driver, as it has always been, and no other driver can be found.
Physically removing the drive and restarting w/o it, then restarting after it has been reconnected has not done anything.

any help or an explanation would be appreciated.
jason
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ya, the drive is dead, i determined that last night. Now im just wondering what in the world casued this to happen suddenly, the computer is only8 months old..

jason
that sux, man. contact the manufacturer, it should be under warranty still.