Cant read and import CDs :(

Question

Hello,
I just installed this computer for my girl friend, here are the specs :
Asus A8V-E SE Motherboard
1 Gig Kingston memory
Sony DW-Q120A CD/DVD-RW
Maxtor 80GB SATAII hard drive.
Now, I downloaded iTunes, and she can't import songs from CDs, nor she can read them. When you try to listen to a CD, it does like every song lasted 0.1 seconds and skip to the next one, without doing any sound. When I try to import them, it takes like 5 secs for the whole CD, then I cant read the songs that are imported, and iTunes says they're all 789:57:13 long. Also, I can read CD just fine with (huh :() Windows Media Player!
Heres my CD diagnostic
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
System manufacturer System Product Name
iTunes 7.0.1.8
CD Driver 2.0.6.0
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.0
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.0),
Video Driver: RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation)\RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Cor
SCSI\DiskMaxtor6V080E0_________VA11, Bus Type SCSI, Bus Address [0,0]
SCSI\CdRomSONY___DVD_RW_DW-Q120APYS3, Bus Type SCSI, Bus Address [0,0]
Current user is an administrator.
D: SONY DVD RW DW-Q120A, Rev PYS3
Audio CD in drive.
Found 11 songs on CD, playing time 33:53 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 03:15:73
Track 3, start time 05:05:37
Track 4, start time 08:35:04
Track 5, start time 11:32:69
Track 6, start time 15:10:41
Track 7, start time 18:05:29
Track 8, start time 19:49:12
Track 9, start time 23:07:39
Track 10, start time 26:54:08
Track 11, start time 30:23:12
Audio CD reading failed. Error Code: 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450 1450.
To play or import music from a CD in this drive, you must be logged in as an administrator.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 10 12 16 24 32 40 48.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

HAve you ever had one of those moments that you get so frustrated that you just start pushing buttons and messing with crap---that eventually crap just starts to work? I finally got my audio CD's to read on iTunes, but mystery b: I have no floggin clue as to how the heck i did it. More investigating to be done, and a hopefully helpful report for people having issues with same ordeal. I took every advice that I found on here, erased things, messed with volumes, turned crap on and off, messed with the error correction box, hardware acceleration, erased and readded things on registry... serious I messed with it all. And now I'm afraid to turn off my computer and have it revert back. But now my internet card on my laptop wont connect. something wrong with the socket...hehe, go figure. If it's not one thing its another. Im working off my home desktop for this one. But I'll get back to you all with details and hopefully answers for this freakin and most frustrating issue. But in the mean time, just mess, and see what comes with experimentation. BUT WARNING!!! MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A BACKUP OF EVERYTHING IN CASE IT CRASHES. Theres an article on here that tells you how to mess with the registry, its under the "audio CDs wont read" article. Around there, it gives you full step by step instructions on how to back up, either part or your whole system. I emailed the instructions to myself incase my laptop crashed and I needed instructions off another computer. It may seem like an elementary piece of advice, but you'd b surprised how many dont know of that little safety hitch people get into. But after everythings good to go--hack away and it'll work...eventually. I'll do my share and get back to you. I'm not too heartless.