DVD drive causes a Blue Screen of Death

[Englander]

Whenever I turn on my PC with the drive connected, I get a BSOD. Interestingly, if I turn on the PC with the drive connected and with a DVD in, it does not BSOD on me. At the moment, I'm getting round this problem simply by disconnecting the drive, but now, of course, I can't play any DVDs without first shutting down and then reconnecting it.

Is there anything I can do to fix this? Or is the drive just a bit broked and needs replacing?

My PC is about a year old and this problem has only existed for a month ort two.

Thanks for any feedback

[GoNz0]

sounds like the drives on its way out, try updating the chipset drivers after uninstalling and running the likes of driver sweeper on them

[synaesthesia]

Firstly replace the cable. Is it a SATA drive?
Secondly, replace the DVD drive. You can pick up re-writers for £12 so thankfully they're not a huge expense

[Englander]

Yea, I was thikning of just replacing it because they are cheap as chips.

I'll have a fiddle with chipset drivers and replacing the SATA cable (it is indeed a SATA drive) and see what happens. Otherwise, I'll just control+t over to scan.co.uk

[[GSV]Myocardial]

I've got a sata cabled drive that used to do something very similar. In the end I narrowed it down to the sata plug on the drive end not making good contact due to it not being a tight fit. Sorted the problem with some super glue to hold the cable in the right place.

But for less than £20 you can pick up a new one so not really worth the hassle