Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "pal" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: I think the phrase rhymes with "clucking bell"... (HELP!) Date: 13 Dec 2003 09:16:19 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 30 Message-ID: <01c3c157$8206b8e0$8500a8c0@portable-pal> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: AMontsouris-108-1-9-241.w217-128.abo.wanadoo.fr X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 I'm going to be obvious here, but did you check both the cd and the cd lens are clean? Does the machine refuse to boot with any cd? Also, when you say it doesn't boot, does it stop while trying to access the cd, or before, during the boot sequence with the Sony logos? If the CD drive's the problem, have you tried the old trick of putting your machine upside-down or standing up or whatever wicked position you can think of? I can think of two suggestions that may help: - if finding an AR-Comms card thing is easy where you live you could try that, I think you don't need the CD drive to use that - if your computer agrees, try working with an emulator, I believe some people have done that before (I can't tell myself because my PC's crap) then when you have your code ok and you want to try it on the real thing just post it here --I'll be checking often until the deadline, so I (or any nice other soul of course) 'll try it on my machine (provided it doesn't die too :( ) I fell very bad for you, actually I've often been thinking about that possible event when powering on my machine, and it eventually happened once -- but that was just the lens that needed cleaning. If your code is almost finished and you just need to fix one or two nasty bugs I can run it for you and tell you the result (or even try looking for the bugs), but that would not be a smooth process (esp. considering I'm using the machine too right now).