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Hello,
I have an (OLD) Gateway Solo 9300, with a Toshiba CD-DVD SD-R2002. I'm running XP PRO, SP2. I've had some problems in the past with this CD drive but all of the sudden it has stopped working completely! It doesn't do anything! I ran DISCinfo and it says "Driver Region Status: LOCK DETECTED" Could anyone tell me if this is a case for flashing the firmware or should I try something else? I appreciate your help, this CD drive has been a total nightmare now that I need it the most!
Thank you very, very much...
filomen

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : TOSHIBA
MODEL : DVD-ROM SD-R2002
REVISION : 1035
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 08/22/01
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 16
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 4
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 1
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : NO
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : NO
CAN READ DVD+R : NO
CAN READ DVD+RW : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-R : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+R : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : NO
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 24
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 4

Hi and welcome to RPC1,

in most cases the drive is not faulty and the problem is caused by the system (drivers, software, OS).
A good way to verify this is to create a DOS boot disk with CD-ROM support (on floppy or CD), start the system from this boot disk.
Then, insert an unprotected CD or DVD disk and read it under DOS using, for example, the DOS version of the freeware tool Nero CD/DVD speed (download from www.cdspeed2000.com).

As an alternative, you can also start up the PC from a bootable CD/DVD - if this works, the drive is not defective.

Take care
Backfire

I tried booting my computer from the CD drive and it wont work, is it the drive that's faulty then? Luis

Its time for a new drive than...

Backfire