Error 4280 with OLD sony drive not Sony CD-RW/DVD CRX830E

Question

I run the CD diagnostics:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Acer TravelMate 630
iTunes 6.0.1.3
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
UpperFilters: NTIDrvr (1.0.0.4), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go \GeForce2 Go
IDE\DiskIC25N030ATCS04-0______________________CA3OA71A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomSONYCD-RW__CRX820E_____________________1.0a___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
D: SONY CD-RW CRX820E, Rev 1.0a
Audio CD in drive.
Found 3 songs on CD, playing time 11:54 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 04:16:00
Track 3, start time 07:39:34
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 1 2 4 8 20.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 1 2 4 8.
As you can see, I do not have a SONYCD-RW_CRX830E but an older version...SONYCD-RW_CRX820E...notice the CRX820E...any help with this issue would be much appreciated. I can not find an answer with my computer company, Acer (i'm not on the thinkpad). PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

I'm not at all sure this will help, but it won't hurt.
First, try resetting the PMU. A PMU reset is a one-size-fits-all first thing to try in most troubleshooting routines.
If that doesn't help, try booting into Safe Mode. This will take quite awhile longer than a normal startup because it does a file check and repair of the hard disk.
You will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar ("Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it). Repair permissions on it.
See if a little hard drive maintenance does anything to help.
Please keep in mind that these are rather last-gasp measures for troubleshooting a non-working optical drive.
Good luck.