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CD-ROM problem NEEDS HELP

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From: Christopher K. Tong
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 00:00
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Ladies & Gentlemen,

I am having problems with my CD-Rom, any help or suggestions to pin-point the
problem & solutions to my problem is appreciated.

Hardware : HP Vectra VL2 4/50 ; 16 Mb Ram 
                     Instant Tech CDAT-300X CD-Rom drive attached via parallel
                     port Interface.
Software :  Windows 3.1; DOS 6.2

I have no problem loading the CD-Rom, both DOS & Windows recognize the drive. My
problem is, when I try to access the drive from either DOS or Windows, the drive
will spin up, the busy light comes on, then it will stop spinnig & the drive
locks up. The only  way to get out of the jam is to turn off the CD-Rom.
The PC will then come back in DOS as read fail, in Windows as no files.
I can get the drive to spin up using the CD Deck program that comes with the
drive then I can get a directory on the CD once the drive is spinning. As soon
as the drive stops spinning. The same problem continues. 

Attached for reference are my  autoexec.bat & config.sys files.

@REM  THE CHECK LINE BELOW PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SAFETY FOR STACKER DRIVES.
@REM  PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE IT.
SET PCTOOLS=c:\cps\data
@C:\STACKER\CHECK /WP
@echo off
set path=c:\DOS;c:\WINDOWS;C:\;C:\MOUSE;C:\STACKER;c:\AOLSLIP\TRUMPET;
C:\CPS\mirror c: h:
SET LMOUSE=C:\MOUSE
LH /L:0;1,24000 /S C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
LH /L:0;1,45472 /S C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
PROMPT $p$g
set temp=c:\windows\temp
C:\WINDOWS\SETRES\CLMODE m4
set comspec=c:\dos\command.com
LH /L:1,6384 c:\dos\doskey
LH /L:0;1,9840 /S C:\CPS\dprotect /TRACKER+
LH /L:1,23856 C:\GSLCD\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /m:4 /v
rem Echo Checking HardDisk, Please wait...
rem echo Y|chkdsk c: /f
rem DEL *.CHK
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.TMP
cls
win

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=20,0
FILES=80
LASTDRIVE=Z
FCBS=16,0
Stacks=9,512
SWITCHES=/F
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
shell=c:\command.com /p
rem DEVICEHIGH /L:1,15792 =C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,437, 1)
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,64960 =C:\PLUGPLAY\DRIVERS\DOS\DWCFGMG.SYS /NOLOCK
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\DPMS.EXE
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,27872 =C:\STACKER\STACHIGH.SYS
REM DEVICEHIGH /L:1,39360 =C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,16016 =C:\GSLCD\IPL001.SYS /D:MSCD000
Install=c:\dos\share.exe
rem DEVICEHIGH=c:\dos\interlink.exe

Thanks in advance & Happy Holidays,

Chris T.


           
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From: cktong@asiaonline.net (Christopher K. Tong)
Subject: CD-ROM problem NEEDS HELP
Date: 1995/12/19
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