JeevesBond — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:37:08 +0000

Another suggestion is to download and burn a Knoppix LiveCD (from a friends house, or anywhere with a CD burner).

It's an OS built especially for this sort of problem. You'll need to set your BIOS to boot from CD, then if Knoppix successfully loads it's definitely a Windows XP problem. If Knoppix does not load, it's a hardware problem. Also try accessing the CD-ROM from within Knoppix, just to make sure it's able to mount it properly.

Good luck.

demonhale — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:11:33 +0000

What I could think of is that your OS is having the blues... or second on the list is the BIOS of your MOBO....

For the first one, if it's an XP system, try using the XP repair disc... if it still doesn't work, try updating your BIOS version... both of those steps work on most Hardware problems... but I feel most probably these two solutions could do the trick...