my pc freezes when playing any media file.(DVD,MPEG)
after few seconds of playing
the floppy drive is automatically detected and then the pc freezes and i need to reset.
. after disconnecting the floppy cable the the freeze error never recurred
and i can play media files in hard disk and DVD rom without freezing.
what could be the source of this error? is it a virus that replicates to floppy disks?
please give me some help with it

Welcome to D-A-L

Just to clarify: when you start a Media File the computer flashes the floppy drive & freezes?
But is ok if you unplug the floppy drive?

Look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.

Also check the Device Manager: RT click My Computer then click Manage then Device Manager or go to Start | Run and type in: devmgmt.msc for any "!"

first of all thank u for posting me yhe reply
i checked like u saod
the most like ly error in the event viewer is Error ID 9
and its named "ATAPI"
what can be the error

Event ID: 9
Source atapi
Type Error
Description The device, \Ide\IdePort0, did not respond within the timeout period.

Comments Anonymous (Last update 8/10/2004):
Getting this error could mean that your hard disk controller is not working well. Check to see if you have difficulty accessing the hard disk (slow), or if the hard disk is having trouble powering up. Even though the controller is not working well you can still get all ok when running S.M.A.R.T. checks.

Ionut Marin (Last update 7/16/2004):
See the link to "Microsoft event 9 from source atapi" for details on this event.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...BLN%5D;Q314093

Wgalway
Device path: \Ide\IdePort1 - This error may be received if you have 2 cd-roms on the same ide channel with incorrect jumper settings. In my scenario, the cd-rom jumpers were set to cable select however the IDE cable did not support it. Configuring the jumpers to master/slave corrected this error.

Adrian Grigorof
90% of these mean a poor quality CD (usually the custom recorded ones). Also you can check the cabling on the device named in the message. If the cabling is working satisfactorily and you continue to receive this message, run hardware diagnostics on the disk drive named and on its controller. You might have to contact the vendor of the device for technical support. See also Q154690 link below.

This event is common to many controllers. See event id 9 from adpu160m.