P35 platnium and optical drive problems

anyone had a situation like this??
Event Type:   Error
Event Source:   mv61xx
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   9
Date:      11/4/2007
Time:      2:13:00 AM
User:      N/A
Computer:   *******
Description:
The device, \Device\Scsi\mv61xx1, did not respond within the timeout period.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 10 00 01 00 66 00 ......f.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 01 01 00 50 00 00 00 00 ...P....
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ........
here is my system info. the info in orange is on the cd drive and the dvd drive.
SiSoftware Sandra
System
Host Name : *****
User : *****
Workgroup : *****
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz
Speed : 3.36GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Dual-Core
Internal Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 1x 4MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
System
System : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7345
Mainboard : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7345
Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 1 Processor(s)
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.14
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2-SDRAM
Chipset 1
Model : Micro-Star International Co Ltd (MSI) (Bearlake) Processor to I/O Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 480MHz (1920MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR2-SDRAM
Video System
Monitor/Panel : Acer LCD Monitor AL1711
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
Physical Storage Devices
Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID) : 468GB (C:) (P:)
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S (SCSI) : N/A (D:)
LITE-ON LTR-48125W (SCSI) : N/A (E:)
Logical Storage Devices
XP Pro (C:) : 317GB (284GB, 90% Free Space) (NTFS) @ Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID)
Vista (P:) : 150GB (136GB, 91% Free Space) (NTFS) @ Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A @ LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S (SCSI)
CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A @ LITE-ON LTR-48125W (SCSI)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 0 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
Human Interface : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
Communication Device(s)
Device : SoftV92 Data Fax Modem
Printers and Faxes
Model : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Model : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Model : Intuit Internal Printer
Model : Auto hp deskjet 930c series on ******
Model : 932c (old faithful)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP (2002) Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86
Network Services
Adapter : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
SiSoftware Sandra
SCSI General Properties
Controller : 1
Bus : 0
Target ID : 4
Logical Unit No. : 0
General Information
Device Type : CD-ROM/DVD
Manufacturer : LITE-ON
Name : DVDRW SOHW-1693S
Version : KS0B
Serial Number : 2005/08/22 1
Removable Drive : Yes
Embedded Media Changer : No
SCSI General Properties
Device Connected to Port : Yes
Width : 8-bit
Addressing : 8-bit
Multi-Ported Device : No
Relative Addressing Mode : No
Synchronous Transfers Support : No
Data Transfer on Secondary Bus : No
Asynchronous Event Notification : No
Queueing On : No
Linked Commands : No
Soft Reset : No
Normal ACA : Yes
Terminate I/O : No
Miscellaneous Capabilities
Reads ISRC Information : No
Reads Media Catalogue Number : No
Reads Bar Codes : No
Disk Properties
Performance Tips
Warning 2600 : SCSI version does not adhere to ANSI. Probably ATA/ATAPI device.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.
SiSoftware Sandra
SCSI General Properties
Controller : 1
Bus : 0
Target ID : 5
Logical Unit No. : 0
General Information
Device Type : CD-ROM/DVD
Manufacturer : LITE-ON
Name : LTR-48125W
Version : VS06
Removable Drive : Yes
Embedded Media Changer : No
SCSI General Properties
Device Connected to Port : Yes
Width : 8-bit
Addressing : 8-bit
Multi-Ported Device : No
Relative Addressing Mode : No
Synchronous Transfers Support : No
Data Transfer on Secondary Bus : No
Asynchronous Event Notification : No
Queueing On : No
Linked Commands : No
Soft Reset : No
Normal ACA : Yes
Terminate I/O : No
Miscellaneous Capabilities
Reads ISRC Information : No
Reads Media Catalogue Number : No
Reads Bar Codes : No
Disk Properties
Performance Tips
Warning 2600 : SCSI version does not adhere to ANSI. Probably ATA/ATAPI device.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

Quote from: Frankenputer on 05-November-07, 19:52:22
I refuse to read that colored print.
im sorry u feel that way.
Quote
Also, posting "bump" will not get you answers/help any sooner.
i'll determine if my posting of bump help me get responses.
Quote
Read the >>Moan Guide<< as Maesus suggests.
i have read the moan guide. thanks for your concern.
don't take this the wrong way frankenputer but i don't think you have the knowledge of this situation to help me so please don't post on this thread anymore.

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Lenovo even sent me a set of recovery discs(3), which I installed (after formatting, several times with bios set to both AHCI and Compatability) using both the internal and an external USB connected optical drive. Same result, system boots to "Welcome to Vista etc, then shutting down logging off, only to re-boot to the same place ad infinitum. In short "recovery discs" did not recover. Get error message randomly when this happens "Side Bar error The application failed to initialize properly
(0xc0000189) " Click OK to terminate, but is too fast, and terminates itself.
Machine was sent to Selectron for checkout, told "Nothing wrong with it", but the Optical Drive working at last.
Partitioned Vista, (Shrunk Partition to 45gig) installed another operating system on new partition, can boot into both systems
and recovery, working fine, but now no Optical Drive again.
Rang Lenovo again, informed them, and queried possibilty of buying a Win XP recovery disc, told drive will only work with
Vista, so waste of funds to get a Win XP recovery disc that may or may not work properly.
Am I missing an obscure driver, or will the drive only perform all it's functions running Vista
(which the recovery discs will not install properly)?. If this is the case shouldn't it (the fact that it needs Vista)
be mentioned at point of sale. Does this breach the Anti trust laws? I am afraid I am getting very fed up, would be nice not to have to carry around an external optical drive, that needs a power supply, so if anyone has any ideas I would be extremely appreciative, would even consider naming y first born after them. Will post my problem on the Ubuntu lists again, hoping for resolution. Seems that it's a retty basic expectation that CD drives just work. This should be a machine that can have software installed on it. Have 2 towers (1 dual boot) that have had a few optical drives changed with never any problems.
Thanks in advance. Any ideas very much appreciated.
Winton

What a terrible service from Lenovo. Well after many phone calls to what turned out to be a call centre in Romania. and after being promised a replacement drive day after day one finally turned up. Even after fully explaining what I needed I was sent the wrong drive they sent me a DVD Rom and not the DVD Rewriter that was in my original laptop. The same Romanians have promised me the correct one on Monday. I will wait and see. I have little faith in Lenovo and their whole very poor support network. Quite frankly the drive should never have broken in only 3 weeks and after only approx 8 uses.
I wonder what will turn up
Dennis
Message Edited by DennisN on 10-09-2008 02:28 PM

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