I/O Errors on DVD-ROM (Blu-ray) Drive when not in use. Why?

[malonn]

Why would my DVD-ROM throw I/O errors when it's never used? I don't understand that. Maybe someone here does.

 

[malonn]

Looks like it throws the errors during boot. I'll just chalk it up to a bad drive? Back in the day, I never had any issues with it...

 

[Deleted member 147986]

Try another cable and or different connections on the motherboard. Best to rule out all the possible causes outside of the drive. Diagnosing hardware problems is usually a process of elimination.

 

[malonn]

Good call. I'll try that. I'll also try using the drive with a disk, and see if it throws errors when reading the disk.

 

[Deleted member 147986]

Sometimes even just disconnecting and replugging the cable can help. It just takes some time to figure out what the cause is. Hopefully you have a spare cable to make it crystal clear what the culprit is.

 

[malonn]

Yeah, I have several spare cables. I'll have to see what I can see.